Carreon, Aaron Kyle C.

March 11, 2019

Symbolic Logic Mr. Antonio M. Pangilinan
Love is a Fallacy
By Max Schulman
Vocabulary words:
1. Fallacy (n.) - a misleading or unsound argument
2. Keen (adj.) – showing great mental ability
3. Calculating (adj.) – selfish scheming
4. Perspicacious (adj.) – showing great understanding, perspective
5. Acute (adj.) – intense, of sharp intellect
6. Astute (adj.) – clever, cunning, ingenious
7. Penetrating (adj.) – sharp
8. Impressionable (adj.) – easily influenced
9. Shrewdly (adv.) – slyly or cleverly
10. Cerebral (adj.) – brainy, related to intelligence rather than emotion
11. Gamy (adj.) – having the odor or taste of some hunted animal
12. Pelt (n.) – skin of an animal
13. Mince (vb.) – speak with elegance, chop into small parts
14. Stoutly (adv.) – bravely
15. Resolutely (adv.) – firmly, with determination
16. Desisted (vb.) – stopped
17. Premise (n.) – statement or basis on which reasoning proceeds
18. Fraught (adj.) – full of danger
19. Doggedly (adv.) - stubbornly determined
20. Smolder (vb.) – exist or continue in a suppressed state
21. Modulated (vb.) – regulated
22. Gruelling (adj.) - exhausting
23. Shambling (vb.) – shuffling along
24. Vigorous (adj.) – robust, done with force or energy
25. Pygmalion – in mythology, a sculptor who fell in love with a statue
26. Frankenstein – fictional doctor who experimented with re-animating the dead and
inadvertently created a fictional monster
27. Bellowing (vb.) – shouting in a deep voice
28. Infamy (n.) – evil reputation brought about by something criminal, shocking or brutal

Sources: Mabaquiao, Napoleon M. Jr. Making Life Worth Living: An Introduction to the
Philosophy of the Human Person. Quezon City: Phoenix Publishing House Inc. 2017. Print.
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Carreon, Aaron Kyle C. March 11, 2019
Symbolic Logic Mr. Antonio M. Pangilinan
Dicto Simpliciter - An argument based on an unqualified generalization.

Example: “Running is good for the heart. Therefore, running will be good for Pedro who is
suffering from a heart disease.”

Hasty Generalization - A conclusion based on the insufficient number of proofs.

Example: “While running, Mark had a heart attack. Therefore, running is bad for the heart.”

Post Hoc or Fallacy of False Cause - This fallacy is committed when one attributes a
wrong cause to something, which is often due to a mere temporal succession of two
events.

Example: “Edgar Allan Poe’s literary genius must have been caused by drinking liquor, for
it is said that before he would write he would first drink some liquor.”

Contradictory Premises - An argument is deduced from incompatible affirmations.

Example: If there is an irresistible force, there can be no immovable object. If there is an

immovable object, there can be no irresistible force.”

Ad Misericordiam or Fallacy of Appeal to Pity- A logical fallacy in which one tries to

win the support by their arguments by exploiting their opponents feeling of pity.

Example: “This employee certainly deserves a promotion, for he can hardly feed his starving
family.”

False Analogy - It is the process of making a connection between two things where there
is no known connection between them.

Example: “People who buy stocks are no different from people who bet on horse racing.
They both risk their money with little chance of making a big profit.”

Hypothesis Contrary to Fact - A conclusion that is drawn from an untrustworthy fact

or statement.

Example: “If I will study for my exam in Logic, I will get an A.”

Poisoning the Well or Ad Hominem- A fallacious argument which attacks the person
with negative remarks about him/her.

Example: “She cannot be a good president, for she comes from a broken family.”
Sources: Mabaquiao, Napoleon M. Jr. Making Life Worth Living: An Introduction to the
Philosophy of the Human Person. Quezon City: Phoenix Publishing House Inc. 2017. Print.
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