Project X for Fortified

1. What are the two extremes that one must avoid in evaluating fallacies? Explain them.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

2. Explain three of the fallacies from the textbook, and then provide instances from your own life where you have witnessed these fallacies at work.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

3. Describe the three types of thinkers, and present an example of each type from your own life.

Your response should be at least 500 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

4. Match the explanation with the appropriate Key Term.

1. Demagogue

2. Faulty generalization

3. Post hoc generalization

4. metaphor

5. slippery slope

6. appeal to authority

7. appeal to pity

8. appeal to fear

9. appeal to tradition

10. Argument ad hominem

A.	Claiming that something that occurred before another event must necessarily have been the cause of that event.
B.	A comparison that does not involve using the word like.
C.	Claiming that one event will necessarily lead to a chain of events that usually end in some sort of catastrophe.
D.	One who tries to win power by appealing to emotions and prejudices.
E.	Claiming that a practice or idea is justified because it is the way that people have always done it or always believed it to be.
F.	The idea that power, fame, and prestige are related to one’s knowledge or ability in a field.
G.	Making a conclusion based on a sample that is too small.
H.	Getting someone to feel sorry for you in order to get the person to believe something that you want him or her to believe.
I.	Using frightening language and examples to get people to believe what one wants the person to believe.
J.	Attacking the person rather than the argument that was presented.