Class Notes for MODR 1730 at York University (YORKU)

People who commit fallacies do not understand the importance of relevant evidence. People who commit fallacies do not understand the ideas of unificati

Fallacy: removes and clears away a bad argument. There are 5: genetic fallacy, abusive ad hominem, circumstantial. Tu quoque: poisoning the well, mob a

They aren"t commands or laws but principles to helps us form our laws, religious institutions and such. He said we need a new way of thinking about mor

Exam question: steinburgs notion on why animals don"t qualify. Not killing of one citizen to another, the state sanctions it. Comes from the words capa

Philosophy: comes from the greek word philos (cid:523)(cid:498)lover of wisdom(cid:499)(cid:524) He expresses a new way of speaking. He noticed if voca

Fallacy: premise doesn"t support conclusion, weak connection (cid:498)appeal to a crowd(cid:499): just because a lot of people believe something, doesn

Applying a fair generalization, one usually true, to an exceptional case by ignoring the peculiarities of the case: hasty generalization, bifurcation,

Check pages 74-76 for this its what we talked about. Even though the drug has been tested you still should not take that risk because you do not know t