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Week - 8 Logical Fallacies

Week - 8 Logical Fallacies

Q Students, Please peruse the following website: http://writingcommons.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=584:logical-fallacies&catid=411:logical-fallacies&Itemid=225 Then watch these two videos with examples of logical fallacies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXLTQi7vVsI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qb-h0sXkH4 (Skip the last 1:30) After you have watched the videos, select one logical fallacy that is brought up in one of the videos. Then, construct an argument about a topic of your choice in which you commit that logical fallacy. The following is an example: Topic: MOOCs Argument: Thomas Friedman is incorrect in his analysis of MOOCs because he is an imbecile who writes for The New York Times, an idiotic newspaper. Logical Fallacy: This would be an example of an ad hominem attack. Please also post a substantive response to another student’s post. For example, you might ask a question or offer a different viewpoint on the person’s idea.

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I chose the Black or White fallacy to discuss. Otherwise called the false quandary, this guileful strategy (Black or White fallacy) resembles shaping a consistent contention, yet under nearer examination it gets to be clear that there are a larger number of potential outcomes than the either/or decision that is displayed. This false notion emerges when we misguidedly restrict the quantity of choices accessible. The twofold, Black or White fallacy doesn’t consider a wide range of factors, conditions, and settings in which there would exist more than simply the two conceivable outcomes set forth.