PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: False Dilemma, Rhetorical Device, Ad Hominem

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Sascha Maicher

Document Summary

Arguments are attempt to provide evidence to make a claim. Fallacies (of relevance) trick you into believing that good evidence is being provided for. Kind of logical mistake, stronger error than rhetorical device, Reasonal error which deals with the evidence were talking about. Whats a fallacy? the claim when no real evidence is being provided. And the evidence being provided has no real relevance to the claim. Ad hominem - when instead of dealing with evidence, we simply attack the person who is presenting the evidence , who you are is irrelevant to the claim, address claim itself. Poisoning the well - youre an oil executive, im not listening to what you say about the environment . Strawman: setting up an argument that is easy to knock down, easy argument to break. When presenting position you"re criticizing, present strongest points. Karl marx - plenty of books strawman him , leave out points where he actually responds to the criticism.