Thứ Tư, 25 tháng 4, 2012

entry 4- ta thi phuong


Entry 4: Tạ Thị Phương-E14
Item 1


Content Fallacies (False dilemma):
"rose_ flower" said: "mà không học được thì ở nhà lấy chồng chứ biết làm gì hả anh?"
In fact, not being able to further her study, the person whose nickname is “rose_flower” has many choices such as starting her own business, for say.



Item 2: video “Trà Vfresh Atiso
Link download:   http://video.zing.vn/video/clip/Tra-Vfresh-Atiso---Minh-nhe-nhu-long-hong-Siu-Black.237390.html

Structural fallacies:
If you drink “Atiso” tea, you feel as light as a feather comfortably.
If              A            then             B
(You want)  to feel as light as a feather comfortably.
                                B
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                  You should drink “Atiso” tea.
                                                   A
Analysis:
This argument is invalid

Item 3: quotation
I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.
(Joseph Baretti, quoted in Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson)

Content fallacies (hasty generalization):
this is a form of fallacies of presumption.


I am one of the best of mankind
I am bad
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therefore: the whole mankind is bad

Joseph assumes that the whole mankind is bad because he is one of them and he is bad: what is true for one member is true for the whole group (false premise)




3 nhận xét:

  1. From my viewpoint, u should indicate clearly the name of structural fallacy.

    Item 1: Argument structure: direct way of reasoning
    =>valid
    Item 2: Argument structure: affirming the consequent
    If A then B
    B
    ……………........
    Therefore, A
    =>invalid
    Item 3: You have to pay attention to write down these premises according to structure

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    1. thank you for your comment. However, i have to say that i wrote the structure of these argument; you don't see A,B and conclusion, do you???

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  2. Thanks for your entry.
    I have some comments on it
    Firstly, argument of the first entry is invalid because the inference is incorrect.
    Secandly, the third item is hasty generalization, but you should write the structure to show the wrong premise.
    Moreover, it is better if you diversify the types of fallacy (the first two items are structure fallacy)

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