ENTRY 4: NGUYỄN THỊ TUYỂN

Nguyễn Thị Tuyển

Class: QH2010F1.E7

ENTRY 4: ARGUMENT STRUCTRUE AND FALLACIES

Part 1: item 1

Source: http://www.google.com.vn/imgres?num=10&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=631&tbm=isch&tbnid=hdAECEGg2qUb3M:&imgrefurl=http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2009/08/10/logical-fallacies-equivocation&docid=ZS3cdv98YMMn5M&imgurl=http://www.answersingenesis.org/assets/images/articles/2009/08/equiv.jpg&w=800&h=600&ei=ieuqUOa3Nsy5iAfw_oHACw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=305&vpy=4&dur=185&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=85&ty=51&sig=112905232602575846403&page=2&tbnh=134&tbnw=179&start=20&ndsp=26&ved=1t:429,r:28,s:0,i:154

ð Fallacy of presumption

Analyze:

We see evolution happening all the time

All things happening all the time are true

 Evolution is true

Hasty generalization: Assuming that all things happening all the time are true (false premise)

Part 2: item 2

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney:

 "Now we have more chronic long-term unemployment than this country has ever seen before, twenty million people out of work, stopped looking for work, or in part-time jobs that need full-time jobs, we've got housing prices continuing to decline, and we have foreclosures at record levels. This president has failed.”

Source: http://hiddencurtain.blogspot.com/2012/05/mitt-romney-disaster-in-logic.html

ð Post- hoc fallacy

Analyze:

In his argument, Mitt Romney aims at the previous president’s actions which cause the bad situation now such as: twenty million people out of work stopped looking for work… As a result, the previous president (Barack Obama ) must take responsibility for the sulky economy today

Part 3: item 3

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Source: http://mergy.org/2012/01/great-example-of-a-slippery-slope-argument-the-directtv-roadside-ditch-commercial/

ð Fallacy of slippery slope (insufficient premises leading to false premises)

Analyze:

When your cable company puts you on hold, you get angry

v When you get angry, you go blow-off steam.

      =>When you go blow-off steam, accidents happen

Hidden premise: going blow-off steam always causes accidents    

v When accidents happen, you get an eye-patch.

      =>When you get an eye-patch, people think you’re tough. 

Hidden premise: people think one getting an eye patch is tough

v When people think you’re tough, people want to see how tough. 

        =>When people want to see how tough, you wake-up in a roadside ditch. 

Hidden premise 1: people fight in the roadside to see the tough

Hidden premise 2: You are defeated

Conclusion:  Don’t wake-up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of cable