ENTRY 4 - Giang Thị Thủy

Entry 4:

ANALYZING ARGUMENT

IEM 1:

ĐỆ GIA PHÁT - KÍNH ĐẸP, NHÀ SANG

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- Analyze:

De Gia Phat produces beautiful glass

If using beautiful glass, your house will be luxurious house

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­If using De Gia Phat glass, you will have a luxurious house.

=> structure fallacy: denying the antecedent

A house may be luxurious without using De Gia Phat glass.

 ITEM 2:

After 151 Years, Baptist Baylor Kicks Up Its Heels, Just a Little

[…]

But not closely enough for Miles Seaborn, president of the Southern Baptists of Texas and pastor at Birchman Baptist Church in Fort Worth. "Who's going to be the gyration inspector?" he asked. "Are they going to have a committee or is the president going to do it?"

Look at what happened to other colleges and universities with their roots in divinity, Mr. Seaborn said, pointing to Harvard and Yale. "Baylor has been on the slippery slope for some time, and this is just one more slip," he said. "Wherever modern dancing is, there is alcohol and promiscuousness." […]

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/30/us/after-151-years-baptist-baylor-kicks-up-its-heels-just-a-little.html

ð The slippery slope fallacy.

Context: At Baylor University in Waco, Texas, the college’s new president, Robert B. Sloan, over turned the 151 years – old ban on dancing, although he promised that dancing would be closely supervised and the music carefully chosen. The decision was made in 1995 after years of discussion. Miles Seaborn, president of the Southern Baptist in Texas.

Analyze:

- Mr Seaborn’s speech is a slippery slope, because his speech has no reason to give next conclusions.

"Who's going to be the gyration inspector?"

Ê"Are they going to have a committee or is the president going to do it?"

ÊWhat they did – what happened to other colleges and universities with their roots in divinity.

Ê"Baylor has been on the slippery slope for some time, and this is just one more slip,"

If there is a gyration inspector, he may choose another ways besides they are going to have a committee and the president is going to do it. In addition, Baylor has been on the slippery slope for some time because of a lot of reasons not only looking at what happened to other colleges and universities with their roots in divinity.

- Hasty generalization: "Wherever modern dancing is, there is alcohol and promiscuousness”.

 He considered that every place is the same. Therefore, if a place has modern dancing, there is alcohol and promiscuousness. He gave the conclusion that "Wherever modern dancing is, there is alcohol and promiscuousness."

ITEM 3:

The sequence of events--Hiroshima, Nagasaki, surrender offer--is striking. Could it be that pure coincidence has clouded our understanding of the surrender for half a century? Indeed it could. By themselves, the dates prove nothing. In the decades since, Hiroshima has had to carry the metaphorical weight of the Cold War. It is a heavy load for one unfortunate Japanese seaport to bear.

Source: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1995/07/31/1995_07_31_040_TNY_CARDS_000373616

ð Post-hoc fallacy

According to author, the sequence of event – Hiroshima, Nagasaki is the reason leading to cloud our understanding of surrender for half a century, is the metaphorical weight of the Cold War, and is a heavy for one unfortunate Japanese seaport to bear.