Explain the fallacy in your own words in which you read in the text book and then give a real world example that you have heard in the past.
After reading through the different fallacies the one fallacy that stood out the most to me was false dilemma. I thought false dilemma would be used the most because it easy for readers/ writers to get caught up in a false dilemma.
False Dilemma: False Dilemma is a logical fallacy in which someone is caught up in a situation in which only two topics are being discussed. Thus, there is going to be a dilemma in which it is not true in fact it is false.
Example of a False Dilemma:
When you are comparing two different schools and how much the tuition is at each particular school. One may say that
You did a great job making it easy for the reader to understand the fallacy "False Dilemma". There were a couple of things that I liked about your post. You made it clear to the reader what the definition of a false dilemma is, by highlighting it in red. Another thing that I liked is how you gave an example of what it was. Before reading this post I was a little confused on what a false dilemma is. But after I read your post I am more clear on what it actually is. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteGood job on describing the fallacy false dilemma to us readers. You really made it simple to comprehend. I liked the way you first defined the fallacy and then went on to providing a specific example. I was somewhat unclear on what exactly false dilemma was from the reading but you really cleared it up for me. Your example was perfectly clear and I think everyone should be able to point out that San Jose State does not cost as much as Harvard tuition wise. Overall great job on this post I really liked it and I will continue to view your blog.
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