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keland.blackboard.com/webapps/a board/doymessägeraction listm Home Courses Organizations Library Resources Study ResourcesSta ek 2 Discussion Thread: week 2 discussion Search Thread: week 2 discussion Thread 1 of 2 Select All None Message ActionsExpand All Colapse All 1 Post(s) in this Thread 0 Unread 0 Unread Replies to l 1 day ago Suzanne McDonald week 2 discussion slippery slope can be remembered mainly as a series of events leading to catastrophe. A series, being key to remember here. If you look at the With the first sentence, and the last, and take out the middle you can see how this cannot be predicted or proven. With the red herring, so often used you will notice that it is a distraction from the original point. Looking at the fallacies studying this week, how much do you recognize that you hear and see? How often do you use them, or are they used on you to try to either distract from the issue or to convinee you? Do you see the holes in these arguments, and why they do not present a clear claim? Reply Quote Email Author Select All None Message ActionsExpand Al Colapse Al 5:31 PM 6/12/2018 rch

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Learning about logical fallacies used in arguments has been very illuminating for me. I have been able to recognise loopholes in several arguments made by others and me, and at the same time, learned to appreciate how challenging it can be to construct a valid and sound argument. Personally, I often tend to use the ad hominem and appeal to authority fallacy. Perhaps this is because I tend to rely on the personal characteristics of the speaker while assessing the strength of the argument, which occurs in both these types of fallacies. In case of ad hominem, I end up assuming that an individual’s claim is not substantial because he/she may not be qualified enough to make one. With appeal to authority, I conclude that an expert on the issue must be making a correct statement. I now realise however, that these are faulty modes of thinking.

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