Essay about PhI 103Dq 4 - 887 Words

Fallacies in Media One rich source of fallacies is the media: television, radio, magazines, and the Internet. The arguments you experience in your daily life (work, family, shopping) are another source of fallacies. Identify three distinct informal logical fallacies you have experienced in the media or in your life. Explain how the fallacies were used and the context in which they occurred. Then, explain what the person presenting the fallacy should have done to ensure that he or she was not committing a logical error. You must post to this discussion on at least four separate days of the week, and your posts must total at least 500 words as you address this discussion. This means that, in order to receive full credit, your first post†¦show more content†¦In my argument I have generalized that all shelter are going to be like that but in reality it’s not true it’s just that one we used. This was to use a sad story and scare tactical appeal to a play on emotions of others not only that but appeal to pity as well. Example 2 The other day at work one of the bosses asked who left out the tools. And of course no one said anything. In my defense I was out on calls most of the day so I wasn’t even at the shop. But because one of the bosses is my father n law the other guys said hey Ty tell them it was you because you will not get in trouble like we would. But in reality I would because I should know better I’m one of the boss’s son n law. But I work hard and do a good job so I took the fall for just this once I was the scapegoat and the popular one in the group. But in this argument I would have to say that this one is an appeal to popularity. I would not normally do this but to me it was a form of tradition for the one ac/ guy to take the fall because I work outside of the shop. I’m not that concern of being apart of this group but I work hard and the bosses like me so I did it. And besides I’m going to school to better my life and those guys this job is all they have. Premise: One of the bosses ask who left out the tools. Premise: The other