I support pre-marital sex, because minor 2. I support the legalization of major same-sex marriage, because minor I oppose the legalization of major same-sex marriage, because Knowledge Content of the Subject (4): Reasoning fallacies Many heated debates are full of reasoning fallacies. Although they appear to be reasonable and persuasive, they are in fact false. These arguments are fallacious either because premises are unsupported or because their premises are irrelevant to their conclusions. Below are some common types of reasoning fallacies: 1. Appeal to the majority It argues that a proposition is true because many or most people believe it. Example 1: John: believes that for himself and the devil take the hindmost’, thus, it is “Everyone ‘Everyone not wrong to be selfish!” of all, from our experience, it is not true that believes” the statement. Moreover, “everyone even, for the sake of argument, we agree that a many people believe the statement, it is only a description of facts. We cannot infer from it a normative claim is not wrong to be selfish”. “it Thirdly, the true meaning of for himself and the devil take the hindmost” is that “Everyone everyone has to be strong and fight for themselves. 2. Appeal to authority It argues that a proposition is true because some authority says so. Example 2: Peter: the super star Andy Lau says drug use is harmful, it is wrong to do so.” “As Although super stars may exert great influence over their fans, their ideas are only personal views, from which we cannot derive a normative conclusion. It may be effective to employ the
I support pre-marital sex, because minor 2. I support the legalization of same-sex marriage, because major minor I oppose the legalization of same-sex marriage, because major Knowledge Content of the Subject (4): Reasoning fallacies Many heated debates are full of reasoning fallacies. Although they appear to be reasonable and persuasive, they are in fact false. These arguments are fallacious either because premises are unsupported or because their premises are irrelevant to their conclusions. Below are some common types of reasoning fallacies: 1. Appeal to the majority It argues that a proposition is true because many or most people believe it. Example 1: John: “Everyone believes that ‘Everyone for himself and the devil take the hindmost’, thus, it is not wrong to be selfish!” of all, from our experience, it is not true that “everyone believes” the statement. Moreover, even, for the sake of argument, we agree that a many people believe the statement, it is only a description of facts. We cannot infer from it a normative claim “it is not wrong to be selfish”. Thirdly, the true meaning of “Everyone for himself and the devil take the hindmost” is that everyone has to be strong and fight for themselves. 2. Appeal to authority It argues that a proposition is true because some authority says so. Example 2: Peter: “As the super star Andy Lau says drug use is harmful, it is wrong to do so.” Although super stars may exert great influence over their fans, their ideas are only personal views, from which we cannot derive a normative conclusion. It may be effective to employ the
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