PPT-Trevor Robbins “The Crucible” Fallacies: Ad Hominem/Poisoning the Well

Ad Hominem attacks a persons character rather than their reasoning In other words Person A makes claim X Person B attacks person A Therefore As claim is false Definition How can you argue your case for vegetarianism when you are enjoying your steak. Ad Hominem, Appeal to Emotions, False Dilemma, Appeal to the People, Scare Tactic, False Cause, Hasty Generalization, Red Herring, and Traditional Wisdom. What is a Fallacy?. According to Webster’s Dictionary, a fallacy is an error in reasoning or a flawed argument.. 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?. Day . 1. Crucible Vocab #2. Historical Context. Historical Quiz . Crucible Vocab #2. Pretense. Notorious. Canny. Arbitrate. Fathom. Avidly. Evade. Naught. Deference. Gibberish. Crucible Vocab #2. Pretense: false . 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. crucible. The 12 week boot camp required recruits to wake up at 4 a.m., run 8 miles a day, and live on only dried apricots and beef jerky. It was a . crucible. where they were tested both physically and mentally, but they knew that this training was the only hope of surviving the zombie hordes that drew closer every day.. Vocabulary Chart. Start a vocabulary chart for . The Crucible. Word and Part of Speech. Definition. Phrase or Sketch. to help you remember. Use in. a sentence.. theocracy (n). p. 1101. a. government ruled by religious authority. Consider the following statement: “It is nobler to die with integrity than to live with compromised principles that harm others."  . Do . you agree or disagree with this statement?  Why or why not?  Give . of . the Toolkit. The Professional Career and Output of Trevor . Jones Project Team. Professor David Cooper, . Dr Ian Sapiro. , Dr Laura Anderson, Sarah Hall. MaMI. IX, May/June 2014. The Professional Career and Output of Trevor Jones. The Crucible. Act 4. Quotations. More Quotes. Literary. Devices. The Crucible. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 400. 400. 400. 400. 400. 600. 600. 600. 600. 600. 800. 800. 800. 800. 800. 1000. 1000. 1000. 1000. Who Really Moves the . Ouija . Board?. The devil gives people powers. The devil grants loyalty if those with the “powers” harm others. Historical Context. A "witchcraft craze" rippled through Europe from the 1300s to the end of the 1600s. . Stacie Tolliver. Sara Butler. Definition. Ad Hominem is when a persons argument attacks another persons character, personality, job, home life, etc. rather than their actual ideas or counter-argument. It is used to draw away from a persons counterargument through addressing something unrelated. Generally when this fallacy is used, the unrelated characteristic is undesirable, hence causing the other person to look bad. . Definition. Ad . hominem means . “against the man”. As the name suggests, it is a literary term that involves commenting on or against an opponent to undermine him instead of his arguments. .. http://literarydevices.net/ad-hominem/. An estimated one million people are affected by foodborne disease in the UK annually, costing the economy in excess of £1bn. Laboratory confirmed human cases in the UK from 2000 to 2017 of the four major bacterial pathogens (harmful bacteria) are shown below. Only a minority of cases are reported and samples sent for analysis.. Definition. : Many arguments rely on an analogy between two or more objects, ideas, or situations. If the two things that are being compared aren't really alike in the relevant respects, the analogy is a weak one, and the argument that relies on it commits the fallacy of weak analogy. .