Block Day 4/21-22 ~ What is a Logical Fallacy?

DEBATE

• Choose debate topics and partners by number.

LOGICAL FALLACIES

Today we will add to your Debate notes in preparation for a quiz. As we watch, record each type of Logical Fallacy with a definition + an example. As you watch the videos, record each type of Logical Fallacy with a definition + an example.

Starter definitions:

• Logical Fallacy - an error in argument that makes something seem convincing even if it is not true. (These errors may be used purposefully or accidentally.)
• Rhetoric - the art of using language effectively and persuasively.

Video ONE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N3TROA8MYY

• Ad Hominem - 
• Band Wagon -
• Argument from Antiquity - 
• All - Natural -
• From Authority -
• Appeal to Quantum Physics -

Video TWO.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z71w-rHkeSk

• Weasel Words -
•  Strong Man Argument - 
• Loaded Question -
• Poison the Well -
• Proof by Verbosity -

Video THREE.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmRCpqO_1JA

• Excluded Middle -
• Red Herring - 
• Special Pleading - 
• Non-Sequiter - 
• Argument from Ignorance -

Now view examples of logical fallacies in these commercials. Click here. Record at least two commercials by product with a brief explanation of how a logical fallacy is displayed.

HW:

• Find a commercial that you believe displays one of these logical fallacies. Bring the link to class on Monday and be prepared to show it to the class and explain how it displays a logical fallacy. (10 pts.) NOTE: All commercials must be APPROPRIATE for school. If you wouldn't show it to your grandma...don't bring it here!
• Take at least two pages of bullet point notes about your debate issue (hard copy on notebook paper!)