BLOG POST FOR WEEK OF FEBRUARY 8, 2011.
Post Due: Friday by 3:00 p.m.
Comments Due: Sunday by 8:00 p.m.
Post a paragraph on any (appropriate) topic that makes use of at least 7 logical fallacies.
To comment for this week:
Find three logical fallacies in the paragraphs of two different people in class. Set your comments up as follows:
"Buy me a burrito because nobody loves me" = Appeal to pity
NB: You should not label logical fallacies that have already been identified in previous comments.
Quote of the Day
Vanessa G. on the logical fallacy "buy me a burrito because nobody loves me": That sounds like something I'd say!
Vanessa G. on the logical fallacy "buy me a burrito or I'll kill you": That's also something I'd say!
Angela T. to Vanessa G.: See? That's why nobody loves you.
Bonus Quote of the Day
"You're all Straw-Manning me!" - Wilfred
Oh I feel so loved. (':
ReplyDelete"AN APPEAL THAT MAKES LOGICAL SENSE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL WORK" =ad baculum
ReplyDeleteWell-played, Jeffrey...well-played.
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