Last week I ask Dr. Preston if I could post a link to my blog with an example of a 'specific statistics' towards police brutality.... He said "not at the moment." However I believe it is a great source as an example, so I'm going to post it anyway. As I revisited the site today, I couldn't help but think "Are there any fallacies I can find on this page?" Can you spot any fallacies?

http://m.mic.com/articles/104910/in-one-state-the-police-are-the-deadliest-force-around

Notes + website/examples (HW)

Ad hominem fallacy - responding to an argument attacking a person's character rather than the content of their argument

Circular reasoning - someone argues the point they're trying to make by supporting it with other reasons that are supported by their original point

Ad nauseum - making the argument by repetition; saying the same thing over and over again

Appeal to tradition - "we do this because that's hoe we've always done it"

Appeal to ignorance - arguing that something is true  just because it hasn't been proven false 

Appeal to numbers - citing statistics to prove an argument 

Appeal to popularity - "all the cool kids are doing it"

Cum hoc ergo propter hoc - "with this because of this" just because two things happen together doesn't mean they're related or one causes the other

Post hoc ergo propter hoc - just because something happens after something else doesnt mean the first thing causes the second 

Slippery slope - taking one step and sliding the rest of the way. Either giving away the whole argument based on one point or applying the same standard to everyone without reasoning "if you do it for you I'll have to do it for everyone else" assuming that if you hive one person/point away

Naturalist fallacy -  using nature as a reason to go from fact to value

Nonsequiter - when something does not follow from something else

Begging the question - supporting an argument with the argument itself

Red herring - mystical creature made up to represent a metaphor/ a distraction used to drag you away

Straw man fallacy - putting words into someones mouth (and that someone may or may not exist) for the purpose of exaggerating or distorting the opposing viewpoint

To quoque (you too) - "if you did something, I'll do it too, therefore we're even"

This website/blog helped me uderstand these fallacies easier than just reading them to myself, hopefully they help you as well.

http://www.copypress.com/blog/youre-using-fallacies-and-you-dont-even-know-it/

Common arguments

Post hoc ergo propter hoc (after this, therefore because of this)

Argumentum ad hominem (argument directed at the person)

Argumentum ad logicam (argument to logic)

Circulus in demonstrando (circular argument)

Argumentum ad verecundiam (argument or appeal to authority

Argument

Should we have the right for open campus lunch?

Notes 3/4

It may not be much, but these are the notes I took today.....

·Argument is a search for truth 

·Oxymoron- two words that oppose each other

·What makes persuasive conversation so effective?

·Motivation is the idea to explain how we act

·A motive is what prompts the person to act in a certain way or at least develop an inclination for specific behavior.

·"Everyone has something different, that's what makes the world go round"

·Extrinsic- forced motivation from the outside 

·Intrinsic- motivation within oneself 

·an argument is supposed to be a logical procses

·Objective- facts/evidence

·Subjective- personal 

·adversarial- an opponent 

Being completely honest, I'm disappointed in my "What Jiro means to me" essay. I tried hard to write something elaborate but it still came out short. I'm not even sure if it should be considered an 'essay'. It looks more like two or three paragraphs bunched into one. However, I'm proud of the thoughts and ideas I made within it. This was my complete honesty towards my so called essay.  I chose to write this post in order to point out that I gave it an effort.