PHL145H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Mens Rea, Argumentum Ad Baculum, Disjunctive Syllogism
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Exam structure: 45 m/c, 2 essay question (10% each) How to study: review previous tests, self-tests in text, argument analysis. Second analysis is due today by midnight. It is difficult to answer them without confirming the assumption unless you call attention to the problem and reword the question. Either answer (yes or no) gives into the consumption. Post hoc - after this, therefore because of this. Confusing correlation and causation - just because things go together, it doesn"t mean one thing causes another. Ad hominem - to the man - attacking the person rather than attacking the argument. Other fallacies: tu quoque (one type of ad hominem) Tu quoque - you too - attacking the speaker. Very often the emotion appealed to is pity. Despite the name, this doesn"t have to involve threats of violence, it could also involve offering incentives to do something rather than reason to do something. Incentive to do instead of a reason.
