Day 13 Research Reading Professor Suffixes quiz Subjects, Verbs and Objects Fallacies introduction.

Day 13 Research

Reading ProfessorSuffixes quizSubjects, Verbs and ObjectsFallacies introduction

Topic ideas

–        Education: Homework, Standardized tests, dress code/uniforms, violence/safety, food/ vending, private vs. public schools, sports, teen drug use, electronics and technology.

–        Environment: Global Warming, Rapid Urbanization, Pollution/recycling, animal endangerment, and over-population.

Zaid Ali Alsagoff

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Module 4:Fallacies

Man or Woman?

Source: http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/manwoman.htm

How many legs does this elephant have?

Source: http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/elephantlegs.htm

Which officer is the tallest?

Source: http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/optical_illusions_images_2/giant_man.htm

Is this wave moving?

Source: http://www.grand-illusions.com/opticalillusions/oblong_wave/

AirAsia + Girls = Fun

Analyze Analyze + +

EvaluateEvaluate= =

Your Opinion?Your Opinion?Target Audience?Target Audience?

Module 4: Fallacies

1. Fallacies of Relevance

2. Fallacies of Insufficient Evidence

What mistake!!!

4.0 What is a Fallacy?A (logical) fallacy is an argument that

contains a mistake in reasoningcontains a mistake in reasoning.

Fallacies can be divided into two general types:

Fallacies of RelevanceFallacies of Relevance Arguments in which the premises are logically irrelevant to the conclusion.

Fallacies of Insufficient EvidenceFallacies of Insufficient Evidence Arguments in which the premises, though logically relevant to the conclusion, fail to provide sufficient evidence for the conclusion.

“There is nothing so stupid as an educated man,if you get him off the thing he was educated in”

- Will Rogers