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Posted: May 13th, 2018
DEVRY PHIL447N WEEK 4 AND 5 discussions
week 4Inventing New Examples (graded)There is a short list below of some of the most common fallacies that we meet in the Week 4 reading assignments. With your creative thinking caps on, invent (not find elsewhere but invent by yourself) a simple, clear, and original example of the fallacy you have chosen. Write it up and bring it to the online discussion so that everybody can read it and discuss it.Be sure to name the type of fallacy your example demonstrates.Here is a short list of fallacies to use in making your choice, though you may use others described in the textbook.The Ad Hominem or genetic fallacyStrawman”Argument” from outrageScare tacticGroupthinkRed herring”Argument” from popularityHave some fun with this. Your invented examples can be either realistic or a bit silly, but they need to clearly exhibit the chosen fallacy.In the discussion thread, go ahead and speak to the examples that other students have brought in.Baloney Detection (graded)The astrophysicist Carl Sagan in his book The Demon Haunted World recommended that people be educated in a set of skills he called a âbaloney detection kit.â These include such techniques as requesting facts to back claims and seeing whether a claim can be empirically tested. What techniques would you have in your baloney detection kit? Why would they help you distinguish logical and reasonable arguments from lies and nonsense?week 5Working With Categorical Syllogisms (graded)Below are sets of three terms. Use one of the sets to construct a valid syllogism. Explain how you decided on the statements for your syllogism.Dogmatists, theologians, free thinkersAfrican nations, countries deserving military aid, upholders of human rightsPranksters, exasperating people, teenage boysBusiness attire, expensive clothes, necessary clothesCorporations, unethical businesses, businesses that are never punishedEndangered species, animals needing protection, spotted owlsSound Arguments (graded)A sound argument is valid (correctly formed) and has all true premises. Your book Chapters 8 and 9 discuss several ways to test the soundness of an argument. Now it is your turn to apply the tests. Go to a website that provides political opinion, such as the Huffington Post. Find a brief article that contains a clear argument. Write a word essay – Evaluate the argument for its soundness. Link the article at the end of your response by copying its Web address.
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