FLASHPOINTS OF LOGICAL ARGUMENT Rachel Brianna Lauren Allie

FLASHPOINTS OF LOGICAL ARGUMENT! Rachel, Brianna, Lauren, Allie, Jessie, Stephanie, JT, Chris, Raul, Mike, Greg

Hasty Generalization � Inference drawn from insufficient evidence �Stereotyping �Ex: Because my Honda broke down, all Hondas must be junk

Faulty Causality � Fallacious assumption that because one event or action follows another, the first necessarily causes the second �Ex: A writer sued Coors, claiming that drinking copious amounts of the company’s beer had kept him from writing a novel �Ex: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=MTb. Zo. KEOk. Ug

Begging the Question � Claims cannot be accepted as true because their grounds are in doubt �Ex: You can’t give me “C” in this course; I’m an “A” student

Equivocation � Argument that gives a lie an honest appearance; a half-truth �Ex: The plagiarist who copies a paper word for word from a source and then declares “I wrote the entire paper myself”

Non Sequitur � Claims, reasons, or warrants fail to connect logically; one point doesn’t follow from another �Ex: You don’t love me or you’d buy me that bicycle! �Ex: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=z. ODHa. IDf. PXU

The Straw Man � Attacking an argument that isn’t really there, one that’s much weaker or more extreme than the one the opponent is actually making �Ex: Those arguing against intelligent design may say that intelligent design advocates claim that life was created by some white-haired figure in the sky, while those arguing against evolution sometimes say that evolutionists claim that evolution is all random chance, so the human eye just came into existence randomly �Ex: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=v 5 vz. Cm. URh 7 o&feature =fvwrel (2: 26 start)

Faulty Analogy � Extended comparisons; analogies �Ex: The universe is like an intricate watch. A watch must have been designed by a watchmaker. Therefore, the universe must have been designed by some kind of creator �Ex: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=tzb. Z 14 KHAo. I