So for my philosophy class, I need to find and identify 10 fallacies in the world around me. I thought I'd turn to NES, since we all watch closely and actually pay attention to what we're hearing in the news etc, and we know better than to take it at face value. I thought to myself, this is the perfect group of people to help me with this.
Here's the assignment:
We are surrounded at all times by a variety of groups that want to sway our opinions for any number of reasons. These interested parties mix fact and fallacy in their quest to gain our vote, our business, or our approval. It has been the goal of this class to show you how to separate fact from fallacy, and how to make tight, irrefutable arguments of your own. Now it is time for you to find fallacious reasoning in the world around you.
I want you to find and identify 10 fallacies in the world around you.
Requirements:
· Tell me the issue (what the article, commercial, political piece, or whatever is trying to say/prove).
· Tell me which fallacy is involved and how it is involved. (feel free to explain)
· Include a copy of the offending piece (the whole piece, with the fallacy marked in some way).
There's more to it, but I obviously will be doing the rest of it. I just need your input FINDING the fallacies themselves. I assume many of you will know them off the top of your head, so I'm not asking you to do any work here, or "do my homework," just input on fallacies you know if you have any. I have a feeling that a few of you might have too much fun with this... And keep the wiseass comments to yourself if you have them. I'm not in the mood. Just seeing if anyone can help me, that's all.
Here's the assignment:
We are surrounded at all times by a variety of groups that want to sway our opinions for any number of reasons. These interested parties mix fact and fallacy in their quest to gain our vote, our business, or our approval. It has been the goal of this class to show you how to separate fact from fallacy, and how to make tight, irrefutable arguments of your own. Now it is time for you to find fallacious reasoning in the world around you.
I want you to find and identify 10 fallacies in the world around you.
Requirements:
· Tell me the issue (what the article, commercial, political piece, or whatever is trying to say/prove).
· Tell me which fallacy is involved and how it is involved. (feel free to explain)
· Include a copy of the offending piece (the whole piece, with the fallacy marked in some way).
There's more to it, but I obviously will be doing the rest of it. I just need your input FINDING the fallacies themselves. I assume many of you will know them off the top of your head, so I'm not asking you to do any work here, or "do my homework," just input on fallacies you know if you have any. I have a feeling that a few of you might have too much fun with this... And keep the wiseass comments to yourself if you have them. I'm not in the mood. Just seeing if anyone can help me, that's all.