1– Imagine that you’re a student, it’s the end of the semester, and you’re failing this course because you didn’t do the vast majority of the work, such as watching lectures or completing assignments.
Click “Reply.” Write the professor an email arguing why you should pass the course, using at least four of the fallacies from lecture:
Hasty generalization
Cherry picking
Single cause
False choice
Appeal to authority
Appeal to emotion
Ad hominem
Red herring
Slippery slope
Appeal to the masses
False analogy
Note: Do NOT include the names of the fallacies in your “e-mail.” The point is to argue using fallacies. For example, someone might claim, “Vitamin C is better for treating colds because it’s natural.” They wouldn’t say, “I’m making a bad argument using an appeal to nature fallacy!”
2 — After you make your initial post, please read your classmates’ posts carefully and reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Identify and name the fallacies the other student used in their argument, and explain why it’s fallacious.
Example: This is where you should point out, “You used an appeal to nature fallacy when you argued that ‘Vitamin C is better for treating colds because it’s natural.’ Just because something is natural doesn’t mean it’s better.”
Have fun!
Here is the link
https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/search
