#7 Sept. 13, 2018
Write an, at least, 10-row reflection in familiar or common logical fallacies as discussed in class. Also, reflect in what you learned today.
#5 Sept. 4th, 2018
Write a brief summary of each category expectations for IRR (Task #1) rubric. Please write an 8-rows reflection on the IRR (essays) you read (which one was a high, a medium or a low; what do you think about the topics; are they well written?; are the sources reliable and relevant enough?; what about conventions?).
As discussed in class, I have seen most logical fallacies that we saw today in politicians talk. Politicians usually talk using language full of logical fallacies, which is strange, because I had never really noticed. Now, I am definitely going to watch out for them when politicians talk. In general, today I realized that the way we talk is very important and it is dangerous. We should watch out for the way we speak. Speaking can be full of malicious intent, like Trump. It can be used to redirect, and it is a powerful tool. I learned that rhetoric is powerful, and can easily persuade a person towards a topic or opinion. In effect, that is the whole point of an argument right? It is just important that we are careful with the way we attempt to persuade a person, ridding our argument of logical fallacies, to eliminate all malicious intent.
ReplyDeleteToday in class I learn a variety of fallacies that many politicians and important people use in their speeches when talking to big audiences. Usually this people establish arguments without any support or background that can prove them. I really didn't memorize each name of the types of fallacies, but I learned that they are classified depending on the type of false statement that they are using. This techniques are used to convince the public on what the person giving the speech is saying. In the video the example shown was about the actual president of The United States of America, Donald Trump. It's amazing how he used a lot of this techniques and actually won the elections. Basically, the candidate couldn't go on two or three statements without including a fallacy. It is truly interesting that this factors helped him win the elections. Even though they are not right, I find it genius that this strategies helped him convince the people. Overall, I shouldn't use fallacies in my essays and writings, because I am faking to know what I am talking about without really having something that supports my talking. It was really interesting to learn about this technique of writing.
ReplyDeleteOn today’s AP Seminar class, we saw a video regarding the multiple logical fallacies that exist, and how people use them “illegally” to construct and support their argument. These fallacies are used by people, since they enrich an argument and make it appeal better and more suitable for the audience. Fallacies are often understanded by a minority of people, since the rest commonly don’t know anything about these statements. It is impressive how fallacies can strengthen someone’s speech. The video we saw today was about Donald Trump giving a candidate speech during the United States presidential election. In the speech, he used more than 15 types of different fallacies in a time lapse of 3 minutes. Even though, as most of us know he won the elections. My main reflection of the class is how everyone should know how fallacies affect our way of thinking, in order to avoid apprehending cheating ideas from people.
ReplyDeleteThe video presented identified several types of fallacies used in Trump's presidential speech. The narrator first explains how a fallacy is an error found in the logical line of reasoning of one’s claim. The video focuses mainly in three types of fallacies: the straw man fallacy, slippery slope and appeal to emotion. In the straw man fallacy a person misuses, exaggerates or makes up false information to convey others of one’s personal position and convinces the audience that the speaker's reasoning is valid. A slippery slope, in the other hand, avoids engaging with the issue itself and and focus on hypothetical situation. This type of fallacy has no evidence to support such fictional scenarios. Finally there is a fallacy which appeals to emotions especially fear, hatred, envy or pity to inspire emotions within the audience and make them believe in the authors claim. All types of fallacy are strategically applied in Trump's speech to convince American citizens the US is currently on a crisis. To create chaos and make citizens choose Donald Trump as president their president to save them from the hypothetical “chaos” in the United States.
ReplyDeleteIn today's class I learned about logical fallacies, at the beginning I was very confused in the video we saw. I didn't understand what a fallacy was and when I tried to explain and identify each type of fallacy I mixed them up. the good part is that there are tools we can use to practice identifying them. When discussing with my partner about the topic, I had a clearer idea of what the term means, a fallacy is an argument that doesn't have a credible support. My partner and I discussed some logical fallacies that we have experienced in our lives. For example, When you have a headache and tell your mom and she answers "it hurts because you were barefoot all day", one thing is not related to the other. Another example can be when you tell you mom you failed a test, and she scolds you, and then your argument (fallacy) is that everyone else failed the test too, this is called ban wagon. I hope that with practice I will identify fallacies easier.
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ReplyDeleteIn today's class, we learned about logical fallacies were. We started off the class with a video of a person reviewing one of Trump's presidential campaign speeches and pointing out all of the fallacies that were in it. There were a lot of fallacies, and of different types. A logical fallacy is a flaw in reasoning, they are like illusions of thought and are sneakily used to make a person believe something when it is not actually true. Logical fallacies are not only used in speeches or essay, they are used in our everyday lives. As mentioned before there is a great variety of logical fallacies, for example the strawman, the false cause, appeal to emotion, slippery slope, the black-or-white and more. One example of a fallacy that has been said to me is when I say "I am very tired" and my parents reply "It's because you are in your phone all day". This is an example of a fallacy because the effect is not related to the cause. Another example is when a parent says "You either go to the dinner or to your grandmother's house". This is an example of a black-or-white fallacy since it is only presenting two ways out of a situation, when you could consider other options as well.
Fallacies are something I am already pretty familiarized with because I took AP Language and Composition last year. Mr Roman told us about most of the ones we saw today and basically taught us to avoid using them. Although this sounds easy, it really is not. We use fallacies constantly, and without us noticing them, but once we got taught what they were, we could identify them in our arguments and take them out. The most fun part was learning about them and pointing them out in the argument of others. So, when I saw we were going to learn about fallacies, I was kind of excited. I don't think that learning to identify each type of fallacy is that necessary (although it does feel satisfying to say exactly the type of fallacy it is when you point it out in someone else's argument). The important thing is to see when there is a fallacy and to know why it is a fallacy.
ReplyDeleteAs I saw the Fallacy Video, it made me think about how much false arguments I have believed through the years that were based on logical fallacies. Even though these arguments are a good way to persuade, they are not valid because they are not supported by legitimate evidence. In addition, I also thought about the importance of avoiding this types of arguments when writing my Research Paper, since I often tend to appeal to the emotions of the reader. Now that I realized how vulnerable or susceptible the public is to believing "fake news", I will try to detect this types of arguments in the sources I use and in the everyday basis.
ReplyDeleteWe all know that Trump's campaign's purpose is to sell lies. Even though he won the past elections, he still behaves as if he was in campaign, proposing unviable ideas to create chaos that will spike his popularity. And he is not the only politician that does this, evidently. Furthermore, my perspective panorama (regarding arguments) widened.
In class we saw a video explaining what logical fallacies are. In my own words, a logical fallacy is an error of reasoning or presenting false evidence in an argument. The video showed how Trump uses fallacies in his speeches and how these actually convince people who do not pay enough attention. I think that fallacies can be heard in everyday life, not only at a politician's speech. The examples I found are mostly said by mothers. Whenever I forget to do something, my mother will argue that it was because I am constantly using my cellphone. This of course has nothing to do with the fact that I forgot to do it but she strongly believes that her "argument" is correct. I believe fallacies are used when someone desperately wants to win some argument or debate but doesn't really know anything about the topic. Fallacies are just foolish reasonings stated to appear smart but in reality you look the complete opposite. It is important to understand when a fallacy is being used in order to not be deceived.
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