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When Claims Go Wrong

When Claims Go Wrong. Recognizing & Avoiding Logical Fallacies Kim Miller Davis. Academic Essay Writing Process:. Step 1: Writer intakes information Step 2: Writer analyzes information to formulate conclusion Step 3: Writer develops plan to communicate conclusion

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When Claims Go Wrong

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  1. When Claims Go Wrong Recognizing & Avoiding Logical FallaciesKim Miller Davis

  2. Academic Essay Writing Process: Step 1: Writer intakes information Step 2: Writer analyzes information to formulate conclusion Step 3: Writer develops plan to communicate conclusion The plan is centered around proving the writer’s conclusion which is called the Major Claim (aka Thesis). The Thesis is proven through 3 Supporting Claims (aka Arguments).

  3. First Step of Successful Communication: Developing Logical Claims

  4. Logical Claims Allow the readers to easy follow the argument as it progresses

  5. Claims Without Logic Stop the Reader from going anywhere

  6. The writer’s conclusion might be valid, but the road to get there is broken

  7. These errors in reasoning are called Logical Fallacies

  8. They tend to occur for three major reasons: • False or weak premises • Irrelevance • Ambiguity

  9. The Most Common Fallacies • Ad Hominem • Bandwagon • Begging the Question or Circular Reasoning • Either/Or Reasoning • Weak Analogy • Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc • Hasty Generalization • Slippery Slope • Dubious or False Authority • Non-Sequitur

  10. Ad Hominem Attacking the character of the arguer rather than the argument http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncw-acVB368

  11. Bandwagon Suggesting that a person should agree to something because it is popular http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQPN3UKQM-U

  12. Begging the Question Using Circular Reasoning to prove a conclusion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CVbku6nxhU

  13. Either/Or Reasoning Presenting someone with a limited choice, when other choices are possible. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sfNROmn7bc

  14. Weak Analogy Making an improper comparison between two things that share a common feature

  15. Post Hoc Reasoning Arguing that one event caused another when they are unrelated http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ1a0ymGCKA

  16. Hasty Generalization Using a part to make an inaccurate claim about a whole http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2gvY2wqI7M

  17. Slippery Slope Suggesting that one event will automatically lead to a chain of other events

  18. False or Dubious Authority Defending a claim with a biased or untrustworthy source

  19. Non Sequitur Stating a conclusion that doesn’t follow from the premises http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErRHJlE4PGI

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