MODR 1711 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Begging
15 Mar 2018
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Fallacies of context iii: false alternative either or, you are given two options, when there is the 3rd option e. g. either you join the war, or you are usa enemy. B. post hoc (cid:862)post -hoc(cid:863) (cid:862)ego propter- if one thing come first, then the second thing will come e. g. ever since i took this philosopher class, my grades are going to go down. Show that the second thing could have happen without the first. C. hasty generalization- believe this general consultation because there are few cases that support it e. g. they interview few people in calgary about harper. Show the sample is too small or not representative. D. composition and division- because the whole has the characteristic, the parts have it also. Glendon alumni work every province, grace is glendon alumni hence she work in every province: category mistake apple and oranges, when you confuse two catagories together ,
