Detecting Fallacies ed this book with a discussion about whether to support the

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Detecting Fallacies ed this book with a discussion about whether to support the Smoke-Free /e start Campus Initiative. Among the arguments presented is one we identified as com- mitting a fallacy Veronica says Are we living in a fascist state now??? The only people who would support this are uptight nonsmokers who want to take away my freedom to express myself and enjoy life. I know aphot.con/Andrew Rch smoking is bad for me, but it's my choice When you first read this argument in Chapter 1, you may have realized that something isn't quite right with it. In this chapter, you will learn exactly what has gone wrong with this argument, as well as several other arguments that commit fallacies. A fallacy is a mistake in reasoning of some sort that is rhetorically persuasive, but on closer inspec tion, it is seen to be a bad argument. Learning to detect fallacious reasoning is an important part of critical thinking because such mistakes are notoriously common and easily overlooked. If you completed the chapters on inductive reasoning, you have already encountered several fallacies: hasty generalization and biased generalization in Chapter 8, faulty analogy in Chapter 9, and post hoc ergo propter hoc in Chapter 10. n this chapter, you will learn about six additional fallacies. While there are many dif- rent ways that an argument can go wrong (with dozens of corresponding fallacy names to sort them), we will focus on six of the most common ones you are likely to encounter

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1. The argument by Veronica has couple of mistakes in reasoning :

2. Veronica should have given the argument that although she knows well that smoking is injurious for health but still as she has got addicted to it, dont have any other choice and cant quit smoking.

3. Example of fallacious argument : It is my way of leading life. I am living in a democratic country where everybody has freedom to do work wishfully. If I am driving rashly, people should not object the same and should be vigilant enough to make them safe and should not be hit by my vehicle.

Rather than giving the argument in a self obsessed way, the statement should be modest and in a soft tone.

It should be As I am quite used to driving fast, so cannot avoid driving fast.

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