Thursday, March 15, 2012

My two examples of fallacies are 1) The Miami Heat have the best fans in the NBA, you should become one. This is a bandwagon appeal. 2) LeBron James is a horrible person and NBA player for leaving the Cavilers and going to the Heat. This is an ad hominem fallacy. And a fallacy in something I've read come from the essay Anti-Intellectualism by Grant Penrod. He makes a hasty generalization when he says "...society looks down on those individuals who help it to process..."This is a hasty generalization because it reaches a conclusion based off insufficient evidence. the writer only looked for examples of intellectuals being attack and none where they were praised and celebrated for their achievements.

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  1. Ian this is a good point. There seems to be quite a few logical fallacies in the sports and entertainment world. I seem to think its funny when people hop on the bandwagon of some team who everyone thinks is going to win the championship. Good job showing these.

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