Pathetic fallacy

A Politician’s Best Friend: Fallacies Fallacies are claims used to support an argument without proper logic or evidence. They occur in a multitude of fashions such as broad, or “sweeping,” generalizations and using a lack of evidence to support claims (appeal to ignorance.) While it is true that fallacies weaken the validity of an argument, their use is not necessarily ineffective. Politicians, journalists, even academics, at times, are subject to use fallacies to persuade an audience, often…

our arguments can be true or false on some proclamations but we should be prepared for any counterargument. Logical fallacies can make your claims weak and untrustworthy which is one of the reason to avoid using them. Having strong arguments with evidence and limited bold statements will help your readers stay onboard with you. The articles I chose to critique on have logical fallacies that make them have holes in their claims. They consist of “Why We Crave Horror Movies” by Stephen King, “My…

This point explains that questioning faith has been happening for years to all people. “Peter said, “Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief” (410). This statement represents a logical fallacy known as appeal to false authority, which famous people are used to testify on issues and at times editing out of context can misquote them. This statement fits this criterion because the disciple Peter never said this quote, but rather a father who…

Stefan Babich in his article, “The Fall of The Female Protagonist in Kids’ Movies” writes about the idea of a female protagonist dying in the “animation war” (n. pag.). He writes about how in recent days animation movies do not have a female protagonist who isn’t the cookie cutter princess. This is very similar to the view in Amanda Marcotte’s article titled, “The Shocking Radicalism of ‘Brave’” where she talks about how “Brave” is a movie that seemed to try to fall out of the algorithm but…

I choose Human Trafficking because it is something that I do not know to much about personally. I have seen some of it in different forms of media, such as television and in the news, but other than that it is talked about very much. It was very interesting actually seeing facts about it. I did second guess myself when doing both Major Assignment one and Major Assignment two. It was due to the fact that it is very hard to find specific numbers on the number of people involved in it because it is…

Most people’s automatic reaction when thinking about their future occupation is to consider what they love doing to be the top priority. However, Gordon Marino, professor of philosophy at St. Olaf College and editor of “The Quotable Kierkegaard”, believes that this should not be the case. He wrote on the subject in his article titled “A Life Beyond ‘Do What You Love’”, which was published in The New York Times on May 17, 2014. His purpose in writing this article was to express his thoughts on…

The question of whether journalists or private philanthropists have a greater responsibility to rhetorical ethics requires an examination…? David Oliver Relin and Greg Mortenson’s Three Cups of Tea demonstrates the power of a private philanthropist in using emotional appeals and embellishments of truth to convince the public into giving money to a charity—in this case, the Central Asia Institute (CAI). On the other hand, an analysis of John Krakauer’s rhetoric in Three Cups of Deceit proves that…

When deciphering the fallacies of each statement, one must decide which are true or false. I chose numbers 1,2,12,`4,`6,18,23,26,27 and 28. When each statement is read. You have to think about which ones are subjected to fallacies, based on illogicalness, inattentions, concupiscent attachment or one’s beliefs. The ones that I chose were all fallacies except for one. It was number 1 in the textbook. In number one, effective proclamation about “abortion is murder”, is indeed an emotional…

Margaret Wente’s globe and mail article on the plight of “today’s children being overly protected from failure that they’ll never be able to handle the stresses of the adult world” is a highly opinionated and suspect take on how “reality will soon bite” (par. 22) a seemingly oblivious and obnoxious generation composed of “snowflake children” (par. 23), due to “overprotective” (par. 7) and “rescuing” (par. 8) parents who are “stuck to them like glue” (par. 16). While Wente does make an…

pathos, and a lack of rhetorical fallacies. Susan Jacoby’s argument in “A First Amendment Junkie” is considered successful by most of these standards. She appeals to the reader’s logic by giving evidence to back up her claims. She appeals to the reader’s ethics by having a knowledge of the subject and by showing fair mindedness throughout. She tries to appeal to the reader’s emotions by engaging the reader’s sense of patriotism. Not only that, her use of rhetorical fallacies is few and far in…