Friday 23-end speeches Fallacies Priorities: –Book for Monday –Homework: bring in a news article

Some Logical Fallacies Fallacies are standard forms of flawed reasoning that seduce and often persuade us, but that are not logically sound and will lead to faulty conclusions.

Some Logical Fallacies False Alternatives (Hobson’s Choice) The arguer claims that there are only two options and one is unacceptable so we must accept the other. However in actuality there are other alternatives. –Either we ban negative ads or we let them run amok on our television stations. –“Either the Saudis control the US government, or they don’t” – Chris Hitchens –If Guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. –Daisy Girl AdDaisy Girl Ad

Some Logical Fallacies Straw man The arguer makes her own position appear stronger by misrepresenting her opponent’s position. –Mr. Goldberg has argued against prayer in public schools. Obviously Mr. Goldberg advocates atheism. But atheism is what they used to have in Russia. Atheism leads to the suppression of all religions and the replacement of God by an omnipotent state. Is that what we want for this country? I hardly think so. Clearly Mr. Goldberg’s argument is nonsense. –Is this really what Goldberg was arguing. Almost certainly not.