MODR 1711 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ad Hominem, Genetic Fallacy, Benzene
8 Dec 2016
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The power of self-talk, psychology today (pdf: subjectivist fallacies, subjectivism. Historical relativism (it"s in the mind of the historian) Societal relativism (an entire society believes it) Self-refuting (if i believe it, it makes it true) (if i disbelieve it, it"s not true - including subjectivism) Focusing on the subject instead of the content of the claim being made: appeal to majority / concensus gentium. *argue that the truth in that area isn"t determined by a majority vote: appeal to emotions. Plato said there are three parts to a person: rational, appetitive, emotional part (reason needs to control appetites and emotions) Appeal to pity (you should feel outrage/anger/sadness about the circumstances around the claim, therefore you should believe that claim) Appeal to popularity (you should believe the claim is true because it has popular appeal - lady gaga at the trump protests) *identify emotion appeal and see that it"s unrelated to the claim being made.
