Strawman

The stawman principle of rational discussion is when you misrepresent something by putting words in other peoples mouth in an argument. It misrepresents the opposition of the other person by attacking the other persons stance to an argument. Sometimes they exaggerate the truth or misrepresent version about the proposition of meaning. We see this method when we say something wrong or has no meaning but someone picks it ups and corrects it. In the media, government officials sometimes make mistakes in interviews about a wrong statement or an unclaimed truth. So their public relations specialist always have to fix the problem especially in an election year. The etymology for strawman has not been clear where it came from. In europe strawman is called Aunt Sally. 

For example: 

1. Person A has something to say about X
2. Person B presents with proposition Y
3. Person B refutes with Y
4. Therefore X is false or incorrect

http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/straw-man.html

Chapter 8

What I learned from chapter eight is to use diagrams when finding if an argument is valid or invalid. This method is very helpful because it shows steps of what is right or wrong in argument. The validity with diagram is an enclosed are method where if a conclusion is false, the premises is true. There was a list of words that we should use to find a general claim. For example: all, some, some are not, no, and only s are p. Each of these claims are good to use in a claim which we start with a claim word. Contradict words are used to counter claims. The diagram that we use to represent if a premises is to be true. To find if it is true for example: I wear basketball shoes. If you wear basketball shoes you must be a ball player. Therefore if you play basketball you are tall. The diagram looks likes this to be true: 

#2 assignment

Both assignments were useful to explain an issue or an organization effecting our community. I thought that assignment number two is useful because we need to help many organizations fighting a cause. If we donate a few dollars here in there would mean feeding a family to getting someone a check up. We can change someones life if we help these organizations out. Even though some advertisements on TV can be heart warming or depressing, it is true to help another person out. Our group did the American Cancer Society. It is a good time to pick this organization because it is breast cancer awareness month. Pink ribbons are being worn by people to show how you support the disease. There have been many ways to show support against the illness. The “Boobies” bracelets have been popular with many young adults. The money from the bracelets help support an organization for breast cancer.Another example is the NFL is putting an emphasis on this issue. Players wear gloves, towels, and chin strap that are pink. If we can help by donating to the American Cancer Society or small organizations, we can defeat this illness around the world. 

False dilemma

A false dilemma is a bad use of excluding possibilities where the claim is false or implausible. A false claim can be dubious or another claim. We use false dilemma to contradict two plausible to figure out which is better. If there are two alternatives to the opinion of the claim it is a false dilemma. For example in fantasy football we  go through a false dilemma in choosing the player who will do better prior before a game. If we had to choice one player between Chris Johnson or Ryan Matthews who would it be? We gather enough info to make a false dilemma decision in choosing Chris Johnson over Ryan Matthews. A false dilemma can back fire if choosing the wrong option. When another person scores more points then the other but on the bench. Another way we use a false dilemma is a black-and-white-thinking when we label people as good or bad from one another. 

Ch. 7

A counter argument is when we use another claim to the argument to further understanding the premises. I use it to question if there are any other claims to get the answer when my friends have a dubious claim. There are a few ways to find a refuting argument if: one of the premises is dubious, there is no valid or strong arguments and if the conclusion is false. A bad claim cannot be a good counter argument, hence forth a slippery slope contains a contradiction.  An example of a counter argument is when the media says that the best tram in the NFL are the New York Jets. New Orleans are the current Super Bowl champs so they get a vote in it. Or the Kansas City Chiefs because they are the only team undefeated right now. Also media does a strawman because each has a say on who is the best team to get more readers/viewer. Every media on sports put more info in fantasy that they counter argue each other. For example, one can say that Peyton Manning will get 20 points and another can say he will get 25 points which can make or break a game.

ch.6

Chapter 6 is a bout compound claims that we use all the time. Compound claims have two contradictory: A or B and A not B. What I learned was that claims have different methods of contractions to see if it is a good claim to an argument. We use conditional claims  that must have the same truth-value. For example, if a football player uses steroids then he will be caught and be banned, but the contradictory is if he uses it and will not be caught. In my daily life I use the contradictory of a conditional to contradict something I do but regret it. Another example we use for a compound claim is that claims can be sequential to what happens next. Just today When I woke up there were different possible ways form A to B. There were different ways that I woke up too. Alarm clock, phone ringing, or when they clean the streets is ways I woke up.

Advertising The Internet

The online advertisement that I thought would have a good premises is an ad for a video game. The game is Lord of the Rings a MMORPG game playing characters from the movie. It is a free game even though some charge $30 for a annual charge. They want it free because they want the game to have a good competition to World of Warcraft. WOW has ruled the MMORPG market with 30 million subscribers and charge a fee every couple months. The  Lord Of the Rings game makes a plausible clause that they want more people to play their game. Free games make their clause that they do not have enough people to play their game to make it free. From having bad graphics, bad story mode or action is why they sell gamers to play it for free. If their game production team spent time with the problems it could compete with WOW and other games. 

http://www.ign.com/

Bad appeal to common belief

Bad appeal to common belief is a mistake to accept a claim as true solely because many people believe it. We use this belief for rumors on celebrities, sports, government, and all around us. It is a misleading argument with a bad plausible clause to its argument. For example when the Government hides something it can be misleading information. Still many people still believe in Area 51 or other conspiracies. If companies want to advertise their product, this is what they use to promote it. Bad appeal to common belief in companies by praising their product even though it may be bad for you or it will not sell. Another bad appeal is peer pressure to our friends. From drinking to smoking, we get our friends to do it because they say it is good for you to have fun and relax. The end result of drinking and partying is getting arrested and health concerns. Think twice about everything and only trust a good source to prevent a mistake to an argument.