Entry 4 : Nguyễn Thanh Tùng (11041300) (19/1/1993)
Entry 4:
Argument structure and fallacies
Item 1:
Sam is riding her bike in
her home town in Maine, minding her own business. A station wagon comes up
behind her and the driver starts beeping his horn and then tries to force her
off the road. As he goes by, the driver yells “get on the sidewalk where you belong!”
Sam sees that the car has Ohio plates and concludes that all Ohio drivers are
jerks.
Structure fallacy
Jerk persons are people who
jell at others
An Ohio driver yells at
other
è All Ohio drivers are jerks.
Content fallacy: Hasty generalization
Sam just based on an Ohio
driver who yells at other on the road, and then he concludes that all Ohio
drivers are jerks.
Item 2: The video
In the video, two friends
talk each other. The brown-haired guy is feeling down because he thinks that
his girlfriend is going to break up with him due to the fact that she doesn’t reply
his message. And he thinks that he will fall into deep depression and stay home
for 5 years.
Structure fallacy
If she doesn’t reply the
message
Insufficient to conclude
that
Their connection is fading
away
Insufficient to conclude
that
She will forget about him
and fall in love with her Spanish tango instructor
Insufficient to conclude
that
He will fall into deep
depression and stay home for 5 years.
è He will weigh pounds and a wrestler will take him for
his competition.
Analysis
Fallacy of presumption: Slippery slope
When the man’s girlfriend
doesn’t reply his message, it doesn’t mean that she is going to break up with
him, she may be busy, have no service. So all the premises after the first
premise is insufficient, thus the conclusion is also incorrect.
Item 3: Pictures.
Analysis: The picture offers
only two options:
Loving the country
Leaving it
In fact there are many
others options to be made.
For example:
Leave but still love the
country: Many American people now living in the oversea but their patriotism
never changes.
In item 3, you did not identify the kind (s) of fallacy of this argument.
Trả lờiXóaI agree with the opinion of Thu Dao Huong, I think it is common logo of America and not identify the kind of fallacy this argument
Trả lờiXóaNhận xét này đã bị tác giả xóa.
Trả lờiXóaHere are some my comment
Trả lờiXóaITEM 1: good choice! I think you also identified the structure fallacy and the content fallacy of this video.
ITEM 2: This video is very interesting. The structure fallacy and your analysis is ok are ok
ITEM 3: You have a good analysis, but i think you should add the argument fallacy of this picture.