08-10-2010+INTR+1110

INTR 1110 – Critical Thinking August 10, 2010 Kassie M. Miller Raymond Flanagan Matthew McCanless **__Group Assignment – Chapters 6 & 10__**

__Exercise 6,2__ 1. **Argument from outrage** The speaker is using inflammatory words to describe a situation that affects them 2. **Two wrongs make a right** The speaker is justifying his position by explaining that the affected party would have done the same thing 3. **Argument from common practice** The speaker dismisses the statement as untrue, because of common plrace 4. **Red Herring/Smokescreen** The speaker quickly turns his argument away from the negative part of his proposal and switches to non-pertinent details 5. **Argument by force** The speaker is forcing the other person to comply by threat of action 6. **Scare Tactics** The speaker is using the snake’s likeness to scare the other person into complying 7. **Subjectivist** The speaker is only stating that he feels strongly about the topic solely because he feels he is right

__Exercise 6.5__ 1. Scare tactic 2. Rationalization 3. Argument from pity 4. Peer pressure 5. Relativism 6. Argument from common practice/two wrongs make a right 7. No fallacy

__Exercise 10.3__ 1. Analogy that isn’t an argument 2. Argument from analogy 3. Argument from analogy 4. Argument from analogy 5. Analogy that isn’t an argument 6. Analogy that isn’t an argument 7. Argument from analogy

__Exercise 10.16__ 1. ...If most Dodge truck owners have the same experience, then Dodge really does build tough trucks. 2. …From my experience, you’ll only get around half the plants you’re expecting from the order you just placed. 3. …Just last week, there were reports that three players from a single team admitted to using HGH. 4. There are some Americans who favor a national lottery…. 5. From my experience, orange cats are easy to train… 6. Are you going to take a course from Harris? I know of three people who have failed his class. They think he’s terrible. 7. Many Ohio citizens….

**Ray Flanagan **

1) Argument from popularity 2) Two wrongs make a right 3) Argument from common practice 4) Argument from pity 5) Scare tactic/argument by force 6) Scare tactic?? 7) Red herring/ smoke screen (doesn’t state a reason for support, just changes the subject) 1) Scare tactic 2) Argument from pity 3) Argument from pity 4) Peer pressure/ apple polishing 5) Relativism 6) Argument from common practice 7) No fallacy
 * Exercise 6-2 **
 * Exercise 6-5 **

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Exercise 10-3 ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1) Argument from analogy <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2) Analogy that isn’t an argument <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3) Analogy that isn’t an argument <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">4) Argument from analogy <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">5) Argument from analogy <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">6) Analogy that isn’t an argument <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">7) Analogy that isn’t an argument **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Exercise 10-16 **  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Confidence level is too high. __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Obviously, Dodge really is capable of building tough trucks. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Confidence level is too high __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. You will probably only get around half the plants you are expecting from the order you just placed.  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Confidence level is too high. __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Drug abuse among **//__some__//** pro athletes is a serious problem. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Error margin too low __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. **//__At least some__//** Americans favor a national lottery to reduce the federal debt.  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">5) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Error margin too low __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. **//__At least some__//** orange cats are easy to train. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">6) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Confidence level is too high __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. Three people I know have flunked his course.  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">7) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Error margin too low __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. **//__At least some__//** Ohio citizens consider the problem of air pollution critical. **__OR__** The majority of Cleveland residents consider the problem of air pollution critical.