Identifying Informal Fallacies: A Case Study on the Appeal to Force - Prof. Linda Rollin, Study notes of Reasoning

Download Identifying Informal Fallacies: A Case Study on the Appeal to Force - Prof. Linda Rollin and more Study notes Reasoning in PDF only on Docsity! 14 April Informal fallacies Fallacies of relevance Makes a statement that is irrelevant to the argument Appeal to Force Does not give a good reason to do something Threatens The minister said, “Going to church every Sunday is an important spiritual activity, because if you don’t, you’ll burn in hell.” Always has a two-part conclusion Action & idea/principle Go to church every Sunday & going to church is an important spiritual activity Explanation should include Who commits the fallacy? What fallacy? These two apply to any fallacy explanation What action is being urged? Who is being “convinced”? What is the threat? Quote & explain, as needed What’s wrong? No relevant evidence for idea/principle