General Slides for SOC120Fall 2005Week 5

(Study Guide edited 3/09/10)

Class OutlineChapt Study Guide

More Rhetoric through PicturesBush's mystery bulge. The rumor flying around the globe after the first debate in fall of 04. Was the president wired during the first debate?

Check this—What is the problem?

Foley

Week 5:1. Continue Magazine exercise Criteria to compare W5 S6 2. Review C4: Euphemisms, Dysphemisms, Rhetorical (a) comparisons (b) definitions, (c)

explanations, Innuendo, Loaded Questions, Weaslers (Scientific writing), Downplayers, Horse laugh/ridicule/sarcasm, hyperbole, proof surrogate, persuasive comparison, sarcasm (stereotype), Subway napkin exercise

3. Repeat errors in writing spelling, grammar, redundancy, complexity (pedantic), prolixity (verbose or wordy), ambiguity (syntactic and/or semantic), Fallacy of division, Fallacy of composition, comparisons, vagueness, writing and diversity

4. Review A03 W5S7—Due one class before Midterm –Study method for C5 and 6 (W5 S7 and list of fallacies W5 S12)

5. C5 Study Groups—outline your own study list 6. Internet search with laptops “Review Search Basics” + Boolean logic with a search

topic on “chocolate” - Search for a web page with info about class debate issues - Share sites and search method - Start web site credibility criteria8. Evaluate credibility exercise with laptops 9. HB Part I Debate project and discuss Assignment: Part II Debate Project10. Quiz C5

W5 S8—miss class Rhet Pict Radio W4S3 OJ W4S4 *Bush W5S4*Paul Harvey W5S2/3*Relativism W5S14

1st Slide

Jim’s Writing Error on Quiz ___10, 11. [Can not omit--2 points] On the back

(a) In most if not all scientific journal articles there will be sections discussing the limits of the findings. In terms of chapter 4 what are these types of statements called (e.g. "our study can not be generalized to women since only men were included in the study", since our sample has a very small number of Native Americans we are hesitant to make any conclusions about this group)? (b) Is this considered an acceptable use of this type of statement?

What are the errors, rewrite the question eliminating the errors, what is the correct answer.

Format for each Fallacy A03

Fallacy Name Definition (your words not copy)

Example (yours not just copy)

Exception (yours not just copy)

Alphabetical list of all fallacies discussed chapter 1-6Hanging paragraphs (see above)List the term Fallacy define and give an example first on listDue: Class before Midterm

A Critical Thinking Problem

What does a critical thinker think/do?

You have a paper due for today’s class and it is not done.

CT Thoughts

In most cases that is an unwise actiona. How much do you loose if it is late? b. You may learn more about how to write the paper in class. c. You will miss new material if you skip class making you further

behind.

Further typical student actions that may create difficulties

a. Skipping the first day of classb. Skipping the day after a testc. Skipping the last day of class

Many students would choose to skip class

CT ThoughtsTwo ways:

Three ways:

If loving you is wrong I don’t want to be right.

C5 Terms: Make your own study outline C5 and C6 F06A. Fallacy Def/Ex [When structure acceptable]

Pseudoreasoning [p146t] ---Two ways to commit a fallacy [p146t]

(1) make a fallacious argument (2) accept a fallacious argument.

B. Overall fallacy(s) p150-162SmokescreenRed herring

C. “Argument” from outrage [p147m]“The Limbaugh fallacy” [p146b]Two ways to become illogical [p147t]

D. Scare tactics [p148b]“Argument” by force [p148b]

E. Other fallacies based on emotion“argument” from pity [p150m]“argument from envy/ jealousy/ prideApple polishing [p151]Guilt trip [p151b]Wishful thinking [p151b]

Positive thinking [p152m]“If you only believe..”

Peer Pressure [p152b]Group think [p153t]

group identification [p153t]Nationalism [p153t]

“blame America first” [p152m]

E. Rationalizing [p153b]F. Everyone knows [p154b]

Argument from popularity [154b] 2 exceptions [p156t] CT action to this type argument [p156m]Argument from common practice [pa56b]

G. Subjectivism“Moral value judgements” “ethics,”[p157b]

H. Relativism [p158]What is illogical…[p158b]

I. Two Wrongs [p159b]Exception? Retributivism [p159b]GandiWWII Atomic bomb?

J. Red herringK. Smokescreen

Our class position [p162t]Genus not species

From chapter 1-4 division, composition

All fallacies for C1-C6 study for finalUnderlined required for A03

1st Slide

Pre Quiz C5

1. Define “fallacy” (understandable to a student in the hall)

2. ________Name one fallacy in the text(a) Define the fallacy

(b) Give an example of the fallacy

(c) Give an exception to the fallacy (same structure and premise but not a fallacy)

Class Members will make their own study guide outline for Chapter 5!

Pre quiz—8:10

I will visit around and look atyour study guides

Issues for Critical Thought

Fall 2002 What is the issue?

The Executive Branch of the U.S. government maintains that it has the right to determine who are citizens and should enjoy the rights of the constitution and who are “enemy combatants”?

http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/08/columns/fl.ramasastry.detainees/

routy, noisy behavior; party & drinking ok, work or school badparents, friends, co-workers, other students

-place

-time

-actor

-situation

-audience

-power

(2) Morality/deviance is highly varied Subjectivism & cultural relativism. These may indeed be “true for you but not for me.”

Arabs hashish ok, alcohol no; Hindus beef noMuslims & Jews pork no; Eskimos sex hospitality ok

Opium in 1900 ok; marihuana 1930's "Reefer Madness" marihuana 60's 0k; marihuana 1992 no; Coca-Cola ["dope"-cocaine] 1903 ok; valium 1992 OK; desert storm Dexedrine and relaxants OK

child temper tantrums ok; MD "take off clothes" oksharp military commands ok; authoritarian teacher "rude"rape by black of white in old south death ; rape by white of black in old south not a crime

claim to be Napoleon; theater ok ; at home mental illnesskilling: self defense ok; protect weak ok; war ok; in an argument Murder

drug types and SES, rape SES, roles (prostitute, husband, date)Stay alert drugs for military pilots (desert storm and Afghanistan

What about:Abortion DivorceEuthensia SmokingStoning gays & unfathfulStoning for infidelity

Found on DDH Bulletin board F07

Quiz Averages S1

Quiz Averages S2