Articles will be due on block day.
Today, we will an analyze the validity of his article by examining the "Elements of Thought" and using the "Intellectual Standards". Using your article, "Change of Heart About Animals", you will ID 5 logical fallacies. Use a separate sheet of paper for this and staple it to the article. The Identification of fallacies is a three step process. 1. Name the fallacy. 2. Define the fallacy. 3. Show how the definition fits the example in question. eg: Barb: I think capital punishment should be abolished because it is cruel and unusual punishment, and that's prohibited by the Constitution. Butch: Right, I feel sorry for those poor little murderers, too. Let's just release them all and tell them to be nice from now on. 1. Straw Person. 2. Attempting to discredit a view by setting up false opposition, or by criticizing a weak version of the view ,or the reasoning given in support of it. 3. Butch is just totally ridiculing what Barb is saying by making it seem like she thinks all murderers should be released from prison. But that's not what she is saying at all. The original view is: Capital punishment should be abolished. The weak version of the view is something like: Murderers shouldn't receive any punishment at all. This is a weak version of the previous view because it entails the abolishment of capital punishment. It is weak, because not punishing murderers is both absurd, and not implied by the original view. |
PurposeIn the Fall, we focus on the foundations of Philosophy and Logic, culminating with a project where you express your own Personal Ethical Code. In the Spring, we study ethical systems of thought and analyze their logic, ending with the development of your own nation, founded and run according to your ethical code. Remind NoticesSign up to get notices https://www.remind.com/join/7cf69 Google ClassroomFor electronic/paperless hand in of HW. Students can join the class with this code: brtzp0p
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