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Logos/logic is situated (bound/defined by a cultural space). In Philosophy, there are “traditions” of logic, and a study of various forms of logic including logics that don’t use language at all. P (theorem), Q (consequence) P & Q We are covering “Argument” here—a claim followed by evidence appropriate for a given audience.
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Logical fallacies are misaligned or flawed associations between a claim and its evidence/reasoning. IMPORTANT: arguments are situated, so some logical “errors” might not be errors to the intended audience. Check your assumptions at the door and get into the mind of the reader.
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Hasty Generalization False Analogy Circular Reasoning Irrelevant Argument False Cause Self-contradiction Red Herring Argument to the Person Guilt by Association Jumping on the Bandwagon Misplaced Authority Card-stacking Either-or fallacy Taking something out of context Appeal to Ignorance Ambiguity
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Hasty Generalization – Conclusion without enough evidence “After playing Mass Effect, I can say that Bioware is the greatest game developer ever.” False Analogy – comparison in which differences between the objects are greater than similarities. “Gears of War is like Whack-a-mole; aliens jump up, and you smacked them down.” Circular Reasoning – claim + claim; argument is confirmed by same claim, just differently worded. “Grand Theft Auto III is a violent game because all you do is commit acts of violence.”
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Irrelevant Argument – non sequitor; conclusion of a premise doesn’t follow from claim+evidence. “If you haven’t played Halo, you can’t call yourself a gamer.” False Cause – two events connected by time/situation do not equal a cause. “Jared plays Plants versus Zombies every morning, and he was the only one who got an A on that paper.” Self-contradiction – two premises that cannot both be true. “No comment”
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Red Herring – purposefully distracting the audience with unrelated premise/conclusion. “Before we worry about game violence, shouldn’t we worry about violence in sports?” Argument to the Person – ad hominem; attacking the character or person rather than looking at conclusion/premises/argument. “I don’t care what you say about Fable, Peter Molyneux is an idiot, so it can’t be good.” Guilt by Association – argument isn’t valid because of unrelated associations. “Microsoft donated $5 million dollars to Democrats, so they are more likely to approve liberal games for their Xbox 360.”
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Jumping on the Bandwagon – it’s correct because everybody does it. “If you don’t have the money for that game, just BitTorrent it. Everybody does it.” Misplaced Authority – pitch is from non-expert. “Steve Ballmer said that the Kinect will revolutionize gaming.” Card-stacking – ignoring both sides of an issue or contradictory evidence. “Wii Sports is the most popular game of all time.” Either-or fallacy – binary decision when there is more than one option “you are either a gamer or not.”
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Taking something out of context – distorting an argument based on cherry-picked evidence “According to IGN, Alan Wake is not revolutionary.” Appeal to Ignorance – argument based on lack of opposing evidence. “Because game violence has never been proven to not lead to real-life violence, it must actually lead to real-life violence.” Ambiguity – purposefully open to two interpretations. “Madden 11 sales were as expected.”
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Working with your team, draft a short review of the game that you were playing that uses as many logical fallacies as you can. Hydro Thunder Outlaw Volleyball And Everything Started to Fall http://gamejolt.com/freeware/games/platformer/and- everything-started-to-fall/1262/ http://gamejolt.com/freeware/games/platformer/and- everything-started-to-fall/1262/ Zuma’s Revenge http://www.popcap.com/games/zumas- revenge/online http://www.popcap.com/games/zumas- revenge/online
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