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Logical Fallacy Assignment
Appeal to Popularity Ad populum/Bandwagon Appeal:  Bandwagon falsity is also often referred to as a call to common opinion or a call to the public, and it's all about having people do or do something because "everybody else does it" or "everything else thinks that way." Example: Everyone's going to have a new smartphone when it comes out this weekend. Why are you not? In this example, you can identify the bandwagon with the phrase “everyone is,” you will want to be apart of this movement too. Appeal to Authority Definition:  Insisting that the argument is valid merely because the competent authority or expert in the matter has claimed that it is true, without any further supporting proof being given. See also the reference to the fake jurisdiction. Example:  “Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist and perhaps the foremost expert in the field, says that evolution is true. Therefore, it's true.” This can be interpreted as Richard Dawkins definitely knows about evolution, and he may honestly convince us that it's true, but that doesn't make it true. The preponderance of proof for the hypothesis is what makes it valid. Appeal to Pity Definition:  An appeal to pity is a fallacy in which someone attempts to gain favor for an argument or an idea by manipulating the emotions of pity or remorse of his or her rival. It's a particular type of appeal to sentiment. Example: Commercials that show children starving in Africa before asking for donations This can be identified in appealing to your emotions and making you feel bad for the children in Africa so that you feel obligated to give money. Work Cited Purdue Writing Lab. “Fallacies // Purdue Writing Lab.” Purdue Writing Lab, owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/logic_in_argumentative_writing/fallacies.html#:~:text=Fallacies%20are%20common%20errors%20in,evidence%20that%20supports%20their%20claim. “Fallacies.” The Writing Center • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 24 Jan. 2019, writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/fallacies/.