I felt that the fallacies could use more discussion because of how often they are used and people don't even realize it. I didn't even have one fallacy in particular because they are all used quite often. Most people don't know about fallacies if they haven't taken a course like this one. Often times we are drawn into buying things or voting for polititions because there are fallacies used in their arguments. Often times when someone runs for an office position they will appeal to your emotions because they know that if they can get you to feel good about yourself or them or bad about something their opponent did that you will vote for them. We just need to realize what their goal is and step back and really look at the situation at hand. I thought the fallacies were one of the more interesting parts of this class because i didn't know how many fallacies there were. If disscused and understood better it could really help in classes you take down the line.
Big Cat
I approve of you choice of topic for this post. Fallacies are a very important part of an argument. We must be aware of all the possible fallacies so that our arguments may be as strong as possible. I personally believe that fallacies are an extremely interesting topic because although they are considered to be “bad” and shouldn’t be used in an argument, they work. People everyday are fooled by fallacies. You made a very good point saying how the presidential candidates use the appeal to emotion to steal votes from their opponent. Almost every advertisement uses some form of a fallacy or another as well.
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