Thursday, March 22, 2012

Fallacy


These are two examples that I made up:
Bandwagon appeals: “so many students at Penn State University are against the firing of Joe Paterno. You should, as well.” This would be a fallacy because it is assumes that the reader wants to be apart of the group “against firing Joe Paterno” and also give a false sensation that whatever the majority says, must be right. 


Faulty causality: “the students at Penn State University are acting more wild than ever, due to the leading icon of Joe Paterno.” This would be a fallacy, because there are more factors going into the behavior of the Penn State Students than just Joe Paterno. 


This is an example that I found:
Ad hominem: “That's a fine question for students. And perhaps an unfair one for athletes. But is it too much to ask to be even moderately civilized?” This is a fallacy against how students were acting and it doesn’t need to be in the article to present the argument of the Penn State scandals that happened the last few months. http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/12/7/2618810/rashad-evans-joke-about-the-penn-state-scandal-is-no-laughing-matter

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