Saturday, October 5, 2013

Logical Fallacies


Watch the following video:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-june-28-2007/immigrant-disease

Look at the different logical fallacies that you see in the video. Find a video, news article, or interview that has at least one of fallacies depicted in the video. Post a link to your found source, and then name and define the fallacy you noticed in your source.

Post your initial post by Wednesday, October 9th. Post your reply to a classmate by Friday, October 11th.

Your reply should address your classmate's source. Respond by listing at least one additional fallacy your classmate might have missed, and why you think the fallacy should be addressed, or respond by addressing whether or not you believe your classmate has rightly addressed his/her fallacy in his/her source.

As always, stay professional with your classmates.
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20 comments:

  1. Kyle SauderOctober 7, 2013 at 2:13 PM

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  2. UnknownOctober 7, 2013 at 10:49 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-y_N4u0uRQ

    This advertisement about Camel cigarettes recommended by doctors falls along the lines of Sweeping generalization. In the video the narrator states that "in a repeated national survey, Doctors in all branches of medicine, Doctors in all parts of the country" preferred Camel cigarettes and that more doctors smoked Camel cigarettes than any other brand. MAJOR assumption because NOT ALL DOCTORS SMOKE CIGARETTES dun dun duuuuun.

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    1. UnknownOctober 11, 2013 at 5:32 PM

      I agree with you about the commercial using sweeping generalization to sell Camel cigarettes by showing a doctor who recommend smoking. I also see hasty generalization that because a doctor uses Camel cigarettes everyone around should also smoke Camels.

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    2. SarahOctober 12, 2013 at 7:54 PM

      I completely agree. I also think they used appeal to authority. Doctors are an authority on health. But in reality, just because a doctor is an expert on health does not mean he is qualified to tell you what cigarettes to smoke.

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  3. UnknownOctober 8, 2013 at 8:22 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N3TROA8MYY&feature=player_embedded

    Brian Donning "In Fact" the video shows how people even people way before are time used fallacies to make you belief what they want you to belief even if it is false or not true. He presents the argument of the Band Wagon in which millions have read the book of secrets and because of the amount of people that read the book makes all the secrets in the book true. The fact is that millions could be wrong regardless of the amount of readers. Enjoy the video ...

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    1. UnknownOctober 13, 2013 at 9:13 PM

      This is a great video about logical fallacies. However it is unclear what part of the "The Daily Show" video you are referencing. Which part of the skit contains the bandwagon logical fallacy?

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  4. UnknownOctober 9, 2013 at 5:17 AM

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/07/michele-bachmann-end-times_n_4060063.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

    referencing:
    http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/understanding-the-times/player/global-birth-pang-alert-369907.html

    This is hard to distinguish without knowing Rep Bachmann's intent. It was either a hasty generalization (waiving part of the Arms Export Control Act is the same as bypassing the whole thing) because she didn't know what the provisions were. I find this difficult to believe, so it seems to be an outright fabrication. This would be similar to my views on the posted video, were it presented as an actual news piece. What follows is an appeal to fear, Bachmann said. “Your listeners, U.S. taxpayers, are now paying to give arms to terrorists including al Qaeda.” The appeal to fear seems to be the overall theme in her remarks, just as it is in John Hodgman's satire. In addition she makes a non sequitur of connecting the supposed sale of arms to the notion of "the End Times." I'm fairly certain that governments have sold arms to terrorists before and the world hasn't ended yet!

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  5. UnknownOctober 9, 2013 at 10:57 AM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcKvW_zIAtI

    In this video they use hasty generalization. They say people who use Macs are more successful and productive. Companies still use computers that run off Windows due to price and people being able to understand Windows more easily.

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    1. Kyle SauderOctober 9, 2013 at 5:58 PM

      Agreed. He also uses appeal to fear by saying microsoft users should be "nervous" and sweeping generalization when he states that "many workaholics also use mac"

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    2. UnknownOctober 13, 2013 at 9:50 PM

      Hey Melissa!
      I too noticed the hasty generalizations made in your video. I think as far as "successful people only use macs" I feel like just in the humane society video that we watched in class, that the name of the product has more effect or accreditation in the appeal of the eye rather than the actual quality of what the product was supposed to be known to do. Great job.!

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  6. DevonOctober 9, 2013 at 12:13 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zODHaIDfPXU

    This video is 2 short clips from MSNBC videos focusing on Hillary Clinton's career, these videos specifically are Chris Matthew's opinion onthe matter. Chris is a political analyst and in the second video he explains that the only reason why she was even a canidet for the presidential position, or is a senate was because "her husband messed around," basically everyone was showing her sympathy because of her personal struggle. However this is an exampe of a non sequitor illogial fallacy, it is unreasonable to assume that the only reason she became a US senator and runner in the presidential ellection at the time was because of her husbands affairs.

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    1. Kimberly MonaghanOctober 9, 2013 at 6:33 PM

      I also thought that he used post hoc fallacy. Since Bill's cheating occurred before Hillary becoming Senator, the reason she was voted into office was because of the cheating and her reaction under pressure.

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  7. Kyle SauderOctober 9, 2013 at 5:53 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgOEpzSNGng

    This video from the Colbert Report starts by using a sweeping generalization saying that all bears are "Godless killing machines" He then uses false authority and begging the question when he state that stripper bears are the "Number one threat to America". A bit of snob appeal is used when he says " they are turning OUR forests into their very own grizz gone wild" lastly he uses the bandwagon fallacy when he says "who could resist"

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  8. Kimberly MonaghanOctober 9, 2013 at 6:21 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63h_v6uf0Ao

    This political ad for Lyndon Johnson uses reductive fallacy by "oversimplifying causes and effects" of the campaign. "Vote for Johnson. The stakes are too high to stay home." The implication being that Johnson's opponent will lead us to nuclear war and we will all die. There is also an appeal to the viewer's fear of nuclear war.

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  9. DevonOctober 9, 2013 at 7:18 PM

    I also believe that the comercial could be a non sequitor Logical fallacie because it assumes that just because doctors like camel cigarettes doesn't mean that I will like camel cigarettes, we don't share the same tastes.

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  10. UnknownOctober 9, 2013 at 8:02 PM

    In the clip, the comment that "all Mexicans are leopards" demonstrates an example of hasty generalizations. With the additional comments such as "Mexicans" bringing diseases to America is not only another fallacy but also an ignorant stereotype. So I found a video of stereotypes..

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCgx8zM3woQ

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    1. UnknownOctober 11, 2013 at 4:44 PM

      I agree that your video had a lot of hasty generalization just like The Daily Show video. Also, your video had a lot of sweeping generalization has well. For instance the clip said, about American that "they are always eating burgers and they always holding shotguns".

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  11. UnknownOctober 9, 2013 at 8:42 PM

    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/10/09/kentucky-high-schools-told-no-more-postgame-handshakes/

    In this article there is a passage that states "The commissioner said all sports have had problems over the years ..." which refers to sweeping generalization with the word, all. Sweeping generalization was found in The Daily Show video.

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  12. SarahOctober 9, 2013 at 11:20 PM

    http://on.aol.com/video/fox-news-host--more-women-breadwinners-means-more-abortions-517799115
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kORINpVUEtE
    This video is a short clip from Fox News program The Five. They are discussing a pew study which shows in 4 out of 10 households women are now the primary breadwinners. The hosts then take a great leap in stating that more female breadwinners equal more abortions in this country. This is a post hoc argument. There is no proof that a female who takes on the role of the primary earner in her family, or is a single mother, is more likely to get an abortion if she gets pregnant.

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  13. SarahOctober 12, 2013 at 7:51 PM

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