Blog Prompt 3: ((This particular blog will not be 300 words or follow the general checklist)
Give your own, original examples for the following ten fallacies, plus two additional fallacies of your own choice (for a total of 12): 1) Begging the Question 2) Ad Hominem 3) Equivocation 4) Slippery Slope 5) Straw Man 6) Tu Quoque 7) Non-sequitur 8) False Dichotomy 9) Argument from ignorance 10) Red Herring
Begging the question
Every time I get up I make a hot beverage
This is beacuse It’s a ritual of mine.
Ad hominem
Andrew is not qualified to solve math problems. Because he doesn’t write neatly.
Equivocation
School doesn’t prepare students for issues they’ll face in the adult word. (https://literaryterms.net/equivocation/)
Slippery Slope
This argument style is used often today. When people are scared they are more likely to act irrationally. The slippery slope argument induces fear of the future and can be used as a political and capitalistic leverage by making people scared of what could happen even if its very improbable. According to the philosophy department at Texas State, in the slippery slope argument a course of action is rejected “with little or no evidence, one insists that it will lead to a chain reaction resulting in an undesirable end or ends. The slippery slope involves an acceptance of a succession of events without direct evidence that this course of events will happen. ” (with little or no evidence, one insists that it will lead to a chain reaction resulting in an undesirable end or ends. The slippery slope involves an acceptance of a succession of events without direct evidence that this course of events will happen. ” (https://www.txstate.edu/philosophy)
If we don’t open our country back up our economy will fall, we will lose our place on the world stage and America will be thrown into poverty. (https://www.txstate.edu/philosophy/)
Straw Man
I don’t agree with the idea of teachers, I think there is a far better way to set up our education system than what we are doing currently. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man)
Tu Quoque
If eating healthy is so important, how come you have a jelly donut in each hand?! (https://www.thoughtco.com/tu-quoque-logical-fallacy)
Non-sequitur
Star Trek fans love Spock.
Spock is very logical.
Star Trek fans are smarter than the average person.(https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Non-Sequitur)
False Dichotomy
You either love america or hate it. (https://wiki.c2.com/?FalseDichotomy)
Argument from ignorance
Humans ancestors were genitally mutated by aliens in ancient Babylon making the modern day human. Fossil records can’t disprove this. (https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_ignorance)
Red Herring
Religion is truth. It encourages people to volunteer their time, make music and give to charities.
Hasty Generalization
Jeanne Calment lived to 117 and smoked tobacco every day. Cigarettes are good for you health. (softschools.com)
Bandwagon Fallacy.
Every benefits from exploitative human labor, it must be okay. (https://thebestschools.org/magazine/15-logical-fallacies-know)
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