Summary and Application of Fallacies

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Philosophy

 

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James C

 

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February 14, 2017

 

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In this paper I will be discussing the Straw Man fallacy, the Red Herring Fallacy, and the Weak Analogy fallacy and how they relate to critical thinking. One must understand what an argument is and how it is constructed to understand when and why a logical fallacy is used. As defined in by Bassham et al (2002), "Arguments are composed of one or more premises and a conclusion...
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As defined in by Bassham et al (2002), "Arguments are composed of one or more premises and a conclusion. Premises are statements that are claimed to provide evidence for another statement, the conclusion. The conclusion is the statement that the premises are claimed to prove or support" (p. 25). When an argument has flawed logic it would be considered to have a logical fallacy...
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