1. Title: Effective Logical Fallacy
Somebody has to write summary of the logical fallacy
A summary of the logical fallacy that you encountered in 100-200 words.A discussion on whether it was convincing or effective. Provide a rationale foryour stand
2.Title: Identify the Logical Fallacies- Each statement below contains a logical fallacy. Identify the fallacy and briefly explain,
in one or two sentences, why it is an error in reasoning.
1. Mabel is not qualified to lead the school board because she used to drink liquor in her 20s.
2. A child can be either an athlete or a good student.
3. Any change in health care will lead to socialism; we don't want to live in a socialist
country, so we can't reform health care.
4. All teenagers text while they drive; therefore, we should raise the driving age to 21.
5. If we don't all drive hybrid cars, the world will end in the next decade because of environmental damage.
6. Senator Range has been seen entering a strip club; therefore, his economic reforms are not plausible.
7. Everyone else is getting rid of TV, so we should too.
8. Because of the recent shootings in schools and theaters, we can conclude that these are inherently dangerous places that need more regulation.
9. If you want a successful child, you should enroll him or her in as many early learning classes as possible.
10. Music education is useless because it just teaches kids how to play music.
Choose your answers from these eight fallacies.
Note: Some of these will be used more than once.
? Begging the question
? Either-or
? Slippery slope
? Ad hominem
? Creating false needs
? Red herring
? Hasty generalization
? Bandwagon
Submission Requirements:
? Submit your responses in a Microsoft Word document of the following specifications: