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Directions:
Read the
prepared follouing deflinitions and bapDesented to in identifY tse failacies ae they ara
class '
1) FalIacy oF the FaIse Bilemma Pr.esentingonlya}imitednumberofalternativesto thinking conuio"i-rr,rn there ffiy r . ih iacl 1 _!" _others. Simpristic oflten cries uch as the kind underlying slogans-and ral.Iying leads to the failacy ofl the falsa dilemma' 2) Reductio ad absurum ( Reciuction to the abeurd) This c0nsists of caxrY ing a rational argument to. an absurd conclusion. 5hould someonE! u" this f allacY r demand that he shot'l you exactlY hotl and r.lhY the conclusions advanced uould folIot'l
irom the original
Premise.
3) Fallacy of .False Consolation (Count yqur blessings)because there Ai.guing that a bad situation ehould conti.nue are othrs in u0rse situations'
4) Fallacy of Ignoring the Issue Avoiding the.quBstion at hand because it is not in your hest interest to ansLrer it 5) FalIacy of the Loaded Question An unfair question that eems to imply that something bad r'lin is true " No matter r,:hich ansL,er you give r 'YOu Cannotthis in f alIacy uith the eyas of the obseruel. The best r.,ay to .l??1 aLrale of the nature uIly is to anncunce enrphatica!1y that.you ale f ycu). c1 the question and its pu"pos" (to slander
6) Rules of Right FallacY Arguing that because something is nBUEr, it is better simply because of that neu,ness corpared to something "lhich is oIder. ?) Fallacy of the APPeal to PitY Sirifting the'focus aLray from t,he terrible truih by trying to evoke sympathy from the observer'
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FaIIacy of Tradition
9) Fallaey of 0uoting out of Context Selecting onty parts of a text r,rhich strengthen your argument, evBn if the trger-text says somBthing very diffelnt. 10) FaLlacy of Character Assassination An attack upon the individual uith tlhom yo are arguing, rather than an examination of the issuBS' DirectionE: LabeI the f oIIor'.ring conversations r'lith the f allacies
being 'usEd.
Aroument
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Joel:
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That could be. But Iook at the classic Iines of, this'Ford. I t certainly has a s.Leeker apPearanc than cars today. Shanta: Youtre dreaming. Get a grip! Cars arB much better tcday than they L,er in the Past
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Aroument
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Are you going to prom uith Brian? No. He asked me, but I told him oo.
l,Jhy
did you do that? Ue11,1ook at it, this !ray. Suppose I go to prom uith him. Then he I II r"rant io taka me to breakf ast. Then, bef ore you knou it, hetJ-1 be at my houae all the time. And 1 ulho khouis, herll probably uant m to give up college and run off to -California uiit,h him. I cantt afford to take that
chance.
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Arqument,6
Linda:
FalIacy
Arqument
7
I say, If it t s PoIish, ,I
LrhY f
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Bryan:
fvlarie: Bryan:
I urga.you to conidar t,he merits of Edie Gorme as the Iraatest pop singer of the r6Brs. No r,rayr' ['lr. Hcrstman L,a8 the greatest poP singer of the r6Brs Yout re crazyr too. trJhat do you knour nr,ray? You r,rouLdntt knr.l a good singer if one hit yU over the r,rith a piano.
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Heidi:
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Heidi:
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H"y, b?Uy, uanna t go to l\orrnt Palmyra tonight and neck? Arentt you stitl going r.rith Samantha Fox, 3oe1? itts a beatifut nigt; and I have a bottle of Segramfs peach uine cooler. !hat about being loyat to Samanttrat I can pick you up about eight, okaY??
Aroument
Brian
Tammy
me
Brian
Tammy
do you
mean?
rahen my
I tqld him I r.ras just dying to seB your face tonight boyfriend 51uggo gets home T'rom the Marines and finds out yourve been hitting on me.
Fallacy
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Arqument
10
Jason:
Coach:
Sason I
3ason, 3ason, 3ason. You tnJr,l it t s our phiLosophy to us only the hook shot. I knor.l, coach. But I think I can score moDB effectivelY if I use the iqmPshot
Your father played'for me. Yeur grandfather PIaYed for mBr Abraham Lincoln PIaYed for mts. if the hook ehot L,as good enough for them, itts god enough for you! !
Coach:
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Assignment:
three-o thEsa fat:$ies and urite converat'ione read these in uhich use them. Prspar! yoursel'f to You may L,otk.infront 'grouPs of cIags for students to identifY'
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