PP201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Turnitin
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Appeal to authority: authorities are my two professors. Professors are identified by having degrees in their field. Judging study habits is part of their field. The professors discussed before coming to a conclusion: my mom said she went to the beach today. Illegitimate testimony because it violates the first rule. The beach is too cold for my mom to have gone: my dance teacher said that burton is the best snowboard company out there. Illegitimate appeal to authority, dance teacher may have a degree but is not based on judging snowboard company. There was no discussion with other experts: join us at the mandarin where the food will knock your socks off. Ambiguous knock your socks off. which could mean many different things. Surprising flavors: construct 6 arguments on topics of your choice: (a) 1 argument where common knowledge is used as a premise. (b) 1 argument where legitimate testimony is used as a premise.
