...I can often remember hearing do something with your time as a kid However I cannot remember to many times when someone came up with a decent activity for these youths who don’t have opportunities as some of peers however they make do. Some of these ways make headlines do to the fact that kids are wild and sometimes dangerous. Most of these kids have no activities other than school or sports. The problem starts when all of the bottled up energy comes pouring out at the end of the day. Energy mixed with peer pressure can lead to trouble yet people will sentence children to life with no outdate because of something that under different circumstances would be deemed ok behavior. Or legal if modified,america ispl throwing away good people because of things America her great self if also guilty of as a child I was labeled a hyper active kid I had all kids of pinned up energy that I just didn’t know what to do with witch led to negative activities and most times didn’t start out that way . We as nation are losing because we are losing our future witch is our children. Some of the brightest. Smartest and creative talented generation we have had in quite a while however if we throw our youths to the wolves who will lead us in the future. As a kid I can remember Vietnam war were you could be sentenced to the military instead of jail time now it’s like lock them up throw away the key its ungodly to say the least. America...
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...do we identify Logical Fallacies? By: Tabitha Harris American InterContinental Online University July 16, 2013 Abstract This purpose of this paper is to identify and explain what literature experts call Logical Fallacies. This document will include reasonable vocabulary, logical definitions, and sound examples of how to and how not to include these fallacies into your writings. There will be some suggestions made to assist with recognizing and examining some of the logical fallacies located within the writings of others, as well as in your own. By the end of this paper, your thoughts will be enlightened, and your knowledge of logical fallacies stronger, whether you’re a reader, writer, or just someone looking to learn. How do we identify Logical Fallacies? Logical Fallacies are arguments or false statements that appear to be true, when in fact, they’re not. Logical fallacies can also be accurate and are used to pursue someone to accept a single thought or feeling. People use logical fallacies to prove a point and to support reasoning behind a thought. There are different types of fallacies that I will go over in this paper. Fallacies often dilute arguments and by learning to recognize them in your own writing helps boost your ability to identify them in others’ writings, as well. This document will point out and explain key fallacies to look for in your writings and literature in general. (Career Education Corporation [CEC], 2010) LOGICAL FALLACIES: *...
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...you have been developing to identify violations of the Universal Intellectual Standards and Logical Fallacies in the essay, “Sweatshirts from Sweatshops” on pages 406-408 of your textbook. On pages 387-402 of your textbook, you will meet Tanya, Kevin, Elise and Dalton, Tanya encounters a series of discussions—the first with Kevin and the second with Elise and Dalton. The textbook describes how to critically assess the arguments in these discussions (Kevin and Elise and Dalton). Use these ONLY as examples for how to use critical thinking skills. In addition, you will want to review the Universal Intellectual Standards on pages 335-346 and the Logical Fallacies on pages 396-399 in the textbook. Individual Exercise 1: You are to assess the arguments made in the essay, “Sweatshirts from Sweatshops,” found on pages 406-408. Instructions: Read “Sweatshirts from Sweatshops” on pages 406-408 and complete the following: • Part 1 – Applying the Universal Intellectual Standards o Provide specific examples from the essay that violate one or more of the Universal Intellectual Standards on pp. 335-346 o Specify what is needed to correct the error. o Minimum of TWO errors must be correctly identified to earn a passing grade (35 points) on this part. To earn an excellent grade (50 points), you must correctly identify FOUR errors and specifically state what is needed to correct each. • Part 2 – Identifying Logical Fallacies o Provide specific...
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...you have been developing to identify violations of the Universal Intellectual Standards and Logical Fallacies in the essay, “Sweatshirts from Sweatshops” on pages 406-408 of your textbook. On pages 387-402 of your textbook, you will meet Tanya, Kevin, Elise and Dalton, Tanya encounters a series of discussions—the first with Kevin and the second with Elise and Dalton. The textbook describes how to critically assess the arguments in these discussions (Kevin and Elise and Dalton). Use these ONLY as examples for how to use critical thinking skills. In addition, you will want to review the Universal Intellectual Standards on pages 335-346 and the Logical Fallacies on pages 396-399 in the textbook. Individual Exercise 1: You are to assess the arguments made in the essay, “Sweatshirts from Sweatshops,” found on pages 406-408. Instructions: Read “Sweatshirts from Sweatshops” on pages 406-408 and complete the following: • Part 1 – Applying the Universal Intellectual Standards o Provide specific examples from the essay that violate one or more of the Universal Intellectual Standards on pp. 335-346 o Specify what is needed to correct the error. o Minimum of TWO errors must be correctly identified to earn a passing grade (35 points) on this part. To earn an excellent grade (50 points), you must correctly identify FOUR errors and specifically state what is needed to correct each. • Part 2 – Identifying Logical Fallacies o Provide specific...
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...EN1420: Module 3 Identifying, Organizing, and Analyzing Your Sources Exercise 3.1 Identify the Logical Fallacies Each statement below contains a logical fallacy. Identify the fallacy and briefly explain, in one or two sentences, why it is an error in reasoning. 1. Mabel is not qualified to lead the school board because she used to drink liquor in her 20s. 2. A child can be either an athlete or a good student. 3. Any change in health care will lead to socialism; we don’t want to live in a socialist country, so we can’t reform health care. 4. All teenagers text while they drive; therefore, we should raise the driving age to 21. 5. If we don’t all drive hybrid cars, the world will end in the next decade because of environmental damage. 6. Senator Range has been seen entering a strip club; therefore, his economic reforms are not plausible. 7. Everyone else is getting rid of TV, so we should too. 8. Because of the recent shootings in schools and theaters, we can conclude that these are inherently dangerous places that need more regulation. 9. If you want a successful child, you should enroll him or her in as many early learning classes as possible. 10. Music education is useless because it just teaches kids how to play music. Choose your answers from these eight fallacies. Note: Some of these will be used more than once. Begging the question Either-or Slippery slope Ad hominem Creating false needs Red herring ...
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...locate and identify a logical fallacy and know how to not use one of the many fallacies that are out there in the world. I also learned how to find underlying questions in a question that i as asked to write about and how to attack the prompt which was being asked. Another thing which i thought was pretty interesting was how to build off of a logical statement, because when you state something in order the the reader to think it is true you must state facts about what you have said. There were so many things i can take from this semester from being in this...
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...vote for that candidate. I compared and contrasted my candidate with one of her opponents. I focused on making her opponent look bad. My argument is full of logical fallacies; therefore it is not a good argument. One logical fallacy in my paper is “He talks about reducing taxes, but how can we listen when we know he cheated on his wife with three different women”. I distract the readers from his plan to lower taxes with his personal life. This logical fallacy is a red herring. Another example of red herring in my paper is “Karen Xue is a divorced woman, but what an amazing job she has brought woman in this country together”. I distract readers from her personal life with something good she has done in society. A red herring is distracting the readers from the important point....
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...After writing my module 2 assessment, I realized how much I had learned about Ethos, Logos, and Pathos. I now have a good understanding of what these Rhetorical appeals mean, and how they are used effectively when writing persuasive essays. Aside from rhetorical appeals, I also learned about the misuse of logos or in other words, Logical Fallacies. Logical fallacies are when a persuasive writer uses faulty or misleading reasoning when trying to convince an audience. There are many different logical fallacies, but some of the more common ones would be hasty generalization, begging the question, stacking the evidence, and the either-or argument. Throughout this module we talked a lot about logical fallacies and how often they are used,. Prior...
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...Unit 4 Assignment Rachel Trujillo 27 April 27, 2016 Cm220 Unit 4 Assignment Worksheet In the Units 3 and 4 Discussions, you created a thesis statement that offered a solution to a problem in your community or workplace. In this unit’s Assignment, you will revise and evaluate the effectiveness of that thesis using the Toulmin Model. Part I: First of all, you will revise the provisional thesis statement that you generated in the previous unit Discussion. Make sure the thesis is concise (1–2 sentences) and includes two parts: a proposal for solving a problem and a reason that solution is needed. For more on creating effective persuasive thesis statements, review the following Writing Center resources: * “Give Your Paper Direction: Developing a Strong Thesis Statement” * “Writing a Thesis for a Persuasive Essay” ------------------------------------------------- Write your revised two-part thesis statement here, and be sure to include a claim + reason (the “because” or “since” clause): ------------------------------------------------- In order to provide soldiers with a more accurate and fair account of their body mass index the Army should discontinue use of the tape test and instead use a skinfold caliper, if a soldier does not pass the caliper they should be given the option to undergo the water displacement test wich is the golden standard for bmi testing: this will provide soldiers with a fair chance in passing their height and weight requirements. ...
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...that exhibit any of the following fallacies: equivocation, false authority, ad hominem, appeal to ignorance, or bandwagon. Post the videos in the discussion. Next, identify the fallacy used in the selected advertisements, discuss the primary reasons why you believe that the advertisers have used the fallacy in question, and examine whether or not their use of this type of fallacy is effective. From part 1 of this discussion, consider alternate strategies that the advertisers could have used in order to develop a more sound and persuasive argument. Explain the main reasons why you believe consumers ignore these errors in reasoning. “False Authority “ Tom Cruise Calls Psychiatric a pseudo science https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y7CpS0gtlk The advertisers uses this holly wood actor because he is famous, while claiming to do his research a holly wood actor is not an Authority on the subject of psychology This type of fallacy is very effective. Consumers tend to connect with people in the media. A more sound and persuasive argument would have been if the information being presented came from a psychologist. Consumers ignore these reasons in reasoning because they think if a famous actor is presenting the information then it must be true. “Appeal To Ignorance” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ra8_gyY9R8 The argument from ignorance, (“appeal to ignorance”) which means, argument by lack of imagination, or negative evidence, is a logical fallacy in which it is claimed that a premise...
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...Rebuttal of “Teen's life and death unfolds on Twitter” University of Phoenix This is written in rebuttal of Jaime Butow’s article in the Bakersfield Californian on October 29, 2012. The article is about the social media postings of Breana Webb and her friends over the weekend leading to her death at the hands of a drunk driver early on Monday morning. This article will analyze the reliability, credibility, and validity of the data used by Ms. Butow. It will also illustrate the logical fallacies in Ms. Butow’s argument. First we will analyze the author’s reliability and validity of data. In this instance they can be judged together. The data used and quoted by Ms. Butow is taken directly from Ms. Webb’s Twitter account and other social media pages. Also, Ms. Butow’s data comes from Ms. Webb’s Twitter account “followers”, or people who follow her posts. These followers are typically friends with the account holder. Ms. Butow’s reliability of data is impeccable with some points because it was written by Ms. Webb. However, posts made on Twitter by other people began to lose absolute reliability because it begins to become here say. The validity of the data holds true for all the same reasons as its reliability (Butow, 2012). Next we will analyze Ms. Butow’s credibility. This becomes a difficulty situation as her story was not written directly about the DUI and its resulting accident, but rather the online legacy that a person leaves behind. The first point to...
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...EN1420: Module 3 Identifying, Organizing, and Analyzing Your Sources Exercise 3.1: Identify the Logical Fallacies Each statement below contains a logical fallacy. Identify the fallacy and briefly explain, in one or two sentences, why it is an error in reasoning. 1. Mabel is not qualified to lead the school board because she used to drink liquor in her 20s. • Ad hominem: committed by attacking the person who's making an argument, rather than the argument itself. One of the most common fallacies, it is a direct attack on a person's character rather than focusing on his or her arguments. Stating that Mabel used to drink that why she is not qualified it a person attack. 2. A child can be either an athlete or a good student. • Either/Or: An oversimplification that assumingly reduces several alternatives to a mere binary opposition, basically means you only have two choices. You only have two choices of being a athlete or a good student. You can choose to be bad student if you wanted. 3. Any change in health care will lead to socialism; we don’t want to live in a socialist country, so we can’t reform health care. • Slippery Slope (Bad Precedent): assuming that a proposed step will set off an uncontrollable chain of undesirable events. Changing health will lead to socialism is an extreme statement. 4. All teenagers text while they drive; therefore, we should raise the driving age to 21. • Hasty Generalization: drawing conclusions from too little of evidence and often relying...
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...MPC Autumn 2016: Key logical fallacies to be aware of Logical fallacy | Example argument and critique of argument | Argument base on analogy: To argue by analogy is to argue that because two things are similar, what is true of one is also true of the other. | Fallacy: Democracy does not work in a family. Parents should have the ultimate say because they are wiser and their children do not know what is best for themselves. Similarly the best form of government for a society is not a democratic one but one where the leaders are more like parents. Explanation of why the argument is a fallacy: There are many relevant ways in which a family is different from a society. First, the government officials need not be wiser than the citizens. Also, many parents might care for their children out of love and affection but government officials might not always have the interests of the people at heart. | Ad homenem: A theory is discarded not because of any evidence against it or lack of evidence for it, but because of the person who argues for it. | Fallacy: Consider the following exchange, where person B uses an Ad homenem fallacy.Person A argues: The Government should enact minimum-wage legislation so that workers are not exploited.Person B enacts fallacious rebuttal: Nonsense. You say that only because you cannot find a good job.Explanation of why the argument is a fallacy: Person B might be correct, but equally, might not be correct. In this case Person B assumes that because Person...
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...ANALYZING THE SCIENCE INTERPRETATION 1. Identify the people with the highest and lowest levels of mercury and DDT. -PD has the highest level of DDT and AS has the lowest level of DDT. Mercury highest level is DH, and lowest level is DA. 2. Compare the levels of mercury and DDT in each study participant to the national median. Which study participants have levels of DDT and mercury that are at least twice the national median? -AR and PD are twice the national median in DDT. Also DH, BF and KB are all twice the national median of Mercury. 3. The EPA “safe dose” for mercury is 1,100 ppb (parts per billion) for women in their child-bearing years, as mercury levels above this value may impair neurological development in the fetus. Which study participant is above the safe level and by how much? -DH is over the safe level by 900 ppb along with BF by 700 ppb. Also KB is over the safe level by 900 ppb. ADVANCE YOUR THINKING 4. Who conducted this study and for what purpose? What type of study do these data represent? Are the data reliable? Explain your responses. -The Toxic-Free Legacy Coalition would be who conducted this experiment. The purpose is to find out what chemicals were getting into our bodies along with the levels and how we can better understand.. The data seems to be reliable, but it has no accreditation mention and also the sample for the experiment is small. I would have to say this study was a tertiary resource because it was located on a website and was done...
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...Appendix D Assumptions and Fallacies Nanette McDowell Hum 111/ week 8 Assignment April 13, 2013 Bethany Bigler • What are assumptions? How do you think assumptions might interfere with critical thinking? What might you do to avoid making assumptions in your thinking? An assumption is a thought or a way of someone’s thinking in which they believes are true without proof. For example, when I was young I thought that all white people did not like black people. As I became older to understand my thoughts and judgments, this assumption was not true at all. The assumption back then was perceived in my mind because of the kinds of people that I was around that influenced my judgment. I was overgeneralizing about white people not liking black people because of the environment at the time. We must identify inferences and assumptions in order to see what inferences are illogical when the assumptions that lead to them are not justifiable. Once you become skilled in identifying the inferences and assumptions you are in a better position to question the extent to which any of your assumptions are justified. The key is recognizing and questioning our inferences and assumptions. To avoid making false assumptions here are some tips that I follow: (eHow article), • “Be as objective as you can in making evaluative decisions. Whether you're at work, at home or with your friends, be as logical and fair as possible in your judgments. • Resist the urge to accept stereotypes. Even though...
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