PPT-Logical Fallacies

Invalid Arguments Slippery Slope If A happens then through small steps more things will happen B C D X Y all the way to Z So if we dont want Z to happen then we cant do A Example If we ban Hummers because they are bad for the environment eventually the government will ban all cars so we should not ban Hummers. Homework. Recommended Exercises. (. do the starred problems. ). 4.4.III. : 1-50. Remember. . How does each specific argument commit a fallacy of that . type. ? . . Where precisely is the offending element in the argument?. Drafting & Revising. Logical Fallacies. Logical Fallacies: . What are they?. Logical fallacies are arguments that don’t work. They seem convincing, but fail under close examination. What do logical fallacies do?. Introduction and Activities. What is a logical fallacy?. A fallacy is an error of reasoning. These are flawed statements that often sound true. Logical fallacies are often used to strengthen an argument, but if the reader detects them the argument can backfire, and damage the writer’s credibility . November . 11. Composition 3.4. Study Island!. Literary Analysis and Composition 2014-2015. Composition 3.4. What . are. . our lesson . objectives?. Identify and use the steps in the writing process: prewriting, writing, and revising.. Homework. Review:. Fallacies. pp. 103-105, §4.1 “Fallacies in General” . pp. 121-131. , §4.3 . “Fallacies of Weak Induction”. Inductive Argumentation. Analogical Reasoning, e.g., ex. 8.4. Causal Argumentation, e.g., 8.3b. What is an Argument?. Based on 2 statements with a 3. rd. that follows the first two. . One major premise. One minor premise. Conclusion . Premise: statement used as evidence for a conclusion. Conclusion: statement that is supported by at least one premise. Logic. Logos/logic is situated (bound/defined by a cultural space). . In Philosophy, there are “traditions” of logic, and a study of various forms of logic including logics that don’t use language at all. . Due: “They Say”—turn in to the tray. Journal #12—Characters in Review (10 . mins. ). Act I and II Reading Check (20 . mins. )—you may use your blue Puritan Notes. Begin Reading Act III (20 . How to spot sloppy thinking, dirty tricks, and flamboyant lies. Pointy things go in the outlet, right?. Oh, look! It’s human nonsense generator, Donald Trump!. TRUMP! Everybody is excited about me! Big crowds, big, big crowds… the polls…. TRUMP!!!!. vs.. Weak Induction. Homework. Study Fallacies 1-18. Review pp. 103-132. Fallacies (definition § 4.1). § 4.2 Fallacies of Relevance (1 – 8). § 4.3 Fallacies of Weak Induction (9 – 14). For Next Class: pp. 139-152. . by Auguste Rodin. Rationalism. in its modern sense, . rationalism. is any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification. it is a method of justifying beliefs in which the criterion of the truth is not sensory but intellectual and logical. Logical Fallacies. Logical Fallacies . are considered propaganda.. Propaganda. is the manipulation and control of language. . It transmits more than one message, depending on what the recipient wishes to hear or is told to hear. . Pointy things go in the outlet, right?. Oh, look! It’s human nonsense generator, Donald Trump!. TRUMP! Everybody is excited about me! Big crowds, big, big crowds… the polls…. TRUMP!!!!. Yeah… That really doesn’t make any sense… which reminds me that this is a good time to talk about logical fallacies!. An Introduction Logical Fallacies What is a logical fallacy? A fallacy is an error in logical reasoning in an argument or a persuasive text . Fallacies can be either illegitimate arguments or irrelevant points, and are often identified because they lack evidence that supports their claim.