PHIL 447 Week 3 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest

Week 3 Discussion 1 – Credibility (graded)

List as many relevant (and maybe irrelevant) factors as you can think of that people often mistake for signs of another person’s truthfulness. Perhaps you can tell a story about a notable example. Here is a starter example: the firmness of somebody’s handshake as a sign of their truthfulness (“Handshakes matter,” 2017).

Be sure to state if you think the method is relevant or irrelevant and if you can find any documentation to back up your position, please share it. Keep in mind that an opinion without support can be seen as a baseless opinion.

Week 3 Discussion 2 – Euphemisms and Dysphemisms (graded)

Report an example of a euphemism or dysphemism that you have come across. Discuss when it is and is not appropriate to use such veiled language. Common subjects for which people use euphemisms are death, physical appearance, and commercials. Common subjects for which people use dysphemisms are politics and news reports.

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PHIL 447 Week 4 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest

PHIL 447 Week 4 Discussion 1 – Inventing New Examples (graded)

There is a short list below of some of the most common fallacies that we meet in the Week 4 reading assignments. With your creative thinking caps on, invent (not find elsewhere but invent by yourself) a simple, clear, and original example of the fallacy you have chosen. Write it up and bring it to the online discussion so that everybody can read it and discuss it.

Be sure to name the type of fallacy your example demonstrates.

Here is a short list of fallacies to use in making your choice, though you may use others described in the textbook.

• The Ad Hominem or genetic fallacy

• Strawman

• “Argument” from outrage

• Scare tactic

• Groupthink

• Red herring

• “Argument” from popularity

Have some fun with this. Your invented examples can be either realistic or a bit silly, but they need to clearly exhibit the chosen fallacy.

In the discussion thread, go ahead and speak to the examples that other students have brought in.

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PHIL 447 Week 4 Discussion 1 – Inventing New Examples (graded)

The astrophysicist Carl Sagan in his book The Demon Haunted World recommended that people be educated in a set of skills he called a “baloney detection kit.” These include such techniques as requesting facts to back claims and seeing whether a claim can be empirically tested. What techniques would you have in your baloney detection kit? Why would they help you distinguish logical and reasonable arguments from lies and nonsense?

[If you would like to see a video on the kit, here one, just under 15 minutes, that goes through the components https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUB4j0n2UDU&feature=player_embedded ]

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