Krissy Pissy

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First person- I, we, writer
Second- you, to
Third- he, she, it, they

In an essay:
Unity
Development
Coherence/Content

Logical Fallacies:

Deductive

Inductive

Premise- All humans are mortal
Socrates is a human
Therefore, Socrates is mortal

1-2
3-1
3-2

Prejudice - Premise that is faulty

All men are violent
X is a man
Therefore, X is violent.

Hasty generalization:
The only reason someone would publish erotica is to get attention.
(Might be artistic or for money)

False Analogy: Learning to write is like riding a bike.

Begging the question: A good book is a book to read or
God exists [conclusion] We know that to be true because the Bible tells us. The bible is the word of God.

Premise:
The Bible is the word of God assumes the truth of conclusion that God exists
God-Bible
True
God- Bible

Irrelevant Argument: She is not assertive in class, so she must not be a very good student.
(Other strengths: attentive, cooperative, focused)

False cause: there is lots of debris on shore; therefore, there must have been a shipwreck.
(Other causes: a storm, garbage thrown overboard by individual boaters)

Self contradiction: Social services are cutting back to save money, and yet our taxes keep going up to cover the costs of programs (also begging the question)

Red Herring: diversion: Why worry about banning handguns when so many people are dying in car accidents? Changes topic.

Argument to person: You wouldn’t vote for him because he reads the Globe and Mail or because he has a crooked smile. (Doesn’t focus on issue)

Guilt by association: He’s from New York so he must know how to pick locks. (Stereotype, not all new Yorkers are thieves)

Jumping on the bandwagon: (Everybody else is doing it) All my friends are going to the show, it must be good. (Conformity, no critical thought, maybe my friends have bad taste, no personal exp)

False or Irrelevant authority: The Government has announced this policy, and they must know best what the province needs. (perhaps the specific industry knows better)

Card Stacking: This plan of action will work because it benefits the students and faculty. (what about the rest of the community the staff and the administration)

The either or fallacy: Either we’ll hire her full-time or not at all. (part-time, job sharing?)

Taking something out of context: The meeting went well except for these concerns (only focuses on the positive and avoids qualifiers giving a false impression that there are no problems)

Appeal to ignorance: Since we have no written complaints from the prison in-mates, we can assume they are content. (Absence of opposing evidence doesn’t prove they are happy, scared, don’t think they are credible)

Ambiguity and equivocation: Politician is charged with taking bribes and the jury finds him guilty. Later in a press conference, the politician proclaims his innocence. (trading on term innocence doesn’t’ mean he didn’t take the bribes. Maybe they just didn’t have enough evidence to convict him)

Fallacies of Irrelevance:

Straw Man
Red Herring
Abomination
Irrelevant Comparison
Two Wrongs
Improper appeal to ignorance
Popularity
Guilt by association

Fallacies of Insufficient Reason

Popularity
Hasty Generalization
Anecdotal evidence
Begging the Question
Argument from Ignorance
Questionable Cause
Specter
Improper Appeal to authority

Fallacies of Problematic Premise

Faulty Analogy
False Dilemma
Ambiguity
Vagueness
Equivocation
Freeloading term
Self-sealing argument

You think up all the reasons why not to, so you don’t try, and end up doing nothing.

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