Here are the directions for Blog 2:
- Create a logical proposition with a formal or informal fallacy. Make it as silly as you want (refer to internet resources for inspiration)
- Respond to another student’s proposition with the correct identification. Offer a correction.
- Add a meme with the logical fallacy identified in your response for Extra Credit!
Little Girl: Mom monkeys are so cute! Can we get one as a pet, pretty please?
ReplyDeleteMom: No, you know why? You know who else had a pet monkey and never took care of it?
Little Girl: Who?
Mom: Justin Bieber.
Meme I found on Bing: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdnwuxIO8o1qa64bjo1_r1_500.png
Reductio Ad Hitlerum (or in this case Reductio Ad Bieberum). :)
DeleteRoosters crow just before the sun rises. Therefore, a rooster's crow causes the sun to rise.
ReplyDeleteMeme:http://tdpp09e8.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/2011-01-11-logical-fallacy-post-hoc1.gif
Post Hoc, since one event is said to cause a later event simply because it occurred prior.
DeleteGuy 1: Money is green because we perceive it to be green.
ReplyDeleteGuy 2: So therefore money is red.
Meme: http://denkokoro.tumblr.com/image/70917827921
Non Sequitur,an argument in which its conclusion does not follow from its premises.
DeleteThere are rats where rotten beef used to be. Therefore rotten beef turns into rats.
ReplyDeleteMeme: http://westcumbriasitp.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/fallacy.gif
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc- basically you're saying the because something happened, the event that came before it is the direct cause of the first event.
Deletewhen you ride alone, you ride with bin laden
ReplyDeletehttp://0.tqn.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/9/O/osama_billmaher.jpg
False dilemma, fallacy of oversimplification
DeletePerson 1: But I know that the spaghetti monster exists
ReplyDeletePerson 2: How do you know that the spaghetti monster exists?
Person 1: Well, how do you know that anything exists? Are we actually here right now in this room, or in the mind of some psychopath?
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4061/4603295958_500d6510d4_z.jpg
Red Herring, bringing in a point that is not technically related to distract from the actual question. -emma
DeleteIf the sky is blue then it tastes like pickles
ReplyDeleteNon sequitur, in which case the conclusion does not relate to the preceding argument.
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ReplyDelete-Some fish are yellow
ReplyDelete-The sun is yellow
-Therefore all fish are the sun (Emma Bruno)
Post Hoc because you are making conclusions about one thing based on something else.
DeleteHitler had a mustache. Mr. Morris has a mustache. Therefore, Mr. Morris is Hitler
ReplyDelete~Luis
One of the funniest things I have heard all day. Tell Luis I said thank you.
DeleteDogs need baths.
ReplyDeleteYou need a bath.
Therefore, you are a dog.
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DeletePost Hoc - you are jumping to a conclusion based on coincidences.
DeleteIf you restrict my right to say whatever I want, anywhere I want, however I want - then this is the beginning of totalitarianism in America.
ReplyDeletehttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DVj0Lw2BIWQ/T16kVP3oDxI/AAAAAAAABG8/k1eWTugt7X8/s1600/photo.jpeg
AD Romneyism, You are disregarding the argument and just poking over irrelevant ideas, like Mitt Romney.
DeleteAsians do homework on time.
ReplyDeleteI do not do my homework on time.
Therefore, i am not Asian.
Dat some Post Hoc shizz
DeleteAmerica is the best.
ReplyDeleteI am the best
Therefore: I am America
Post Hoc because youre taking one statement and applying it to your second statement. If A is_, and B is_, Then A=B.
DeleteKabir Hugs Andrew
ReplyDeleteAndrew Hugs Kabir
Kabir and Andrew Always Hug
Meme:http://cheezburger.com/7869785600
this is a dicto simpliciter.
DeleteComputers are annoying
ReplyDeleteKenneth is annoying
Therefore, Kenneth is a computer.
meme: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=ylaine5UY3fk6M&tbnid=1s7gAlUzvXHfjM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.quickmeme.com%2Fmeme%2F3pfrbu&ei=xrZhU6CaEYipyASzhoKAAw&bvm=bv.65636070,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNFohloxeomQtAdMjYRo7aFLZZkuzw&ust=1398999082407374