Office hours (until further notice)
Tuesdays: 10:55-11:55 in my office
Tuesdays: 2:45-4:00 at Steep and Brew (544 State St.)
Wednesday: 1:30-3:30 at Steep and Brew
Thursdays: 10:55-11:55
Also available by appointment.
Daphne Franlin’s office hours:
Mondays, 10-11:
Fridays, 9-10:
[Talk about being away next week]
Gabriele Meyer will substitute [credit her with some of the examples of fallacies from the end of the lecture]
I’ll have the new assignment on the web by the weekend
Nominalist fallacy: “To name is to explain” (e.g., siderodromophobia)
But names can influence us!
[show chai.doc]
Steep and Brew Chocolate Chai
$3.30 for a 12 oz. Small
$3.70 for a 16 oz. Medium (“Large”)
$4.00 for a 24 oz. Large (“Extra Large”)
[tell story about large vs. extra-large and the psychology of names]
Coffee card
Should I pay for 10 smalls and then have my freebie be a large? …
Relate this to what we discussed in class on Tuesday
Today: 1A
[Show Fallacies.doc]
Tell the fallacy type:
* “No one has ever proved that silicon breast implants are unsafe.” (appeal to ignorance)
* “He can't stand the Southern Germans; you know, all those "oom-pah pah" bands, the beer drinking, and all those thigh-slapping guys dancing in their leather shorts.” (hasty generalization)
* “Our blood banks are not tainted by HIV. To even think such a thing is possible in our country is unpatriotic.” (appeal to emotion; personal attack)
* “Dear ABBY: If GOING BALD doesn't have any signs of rash, or sores on her head, she should make a mixture of castor oil and sheep dung, and plaster it on her head every night. (Tell her to wear a shower cap so she won't mess up her pillow.) I started losing my hair after the birth of my child. My grandmother gave me this remedy and it worked.” (false cause)
* “If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?” (personal attack)
* “Yes, this deluxe casket costs $9000. But doesn’t your deceased wife deserve the very best?” (appeal to emotion)
* “Creationism should be taught in the schools because the majority of people support the idea.” (appeal to popularity; false premise)
* “Of course we should execute murderers; murder is a capital offense.” (circular reasoning)
* (Senator Joseph McCarthy): “I do not have much information on this except the general statement of the agency that there is nothing in the files to disprove his Communist connections.” (appeal to ignorance)
* “You say drinking is bad for my health, but you haven't been sober for more than a year.” (personal attack)
* “Marijuana smoking is not all that harmful. I would feel safer in a car with driver under the influence of marijuana than one under the influence of liquor any day. And alcohol can cause liver disease, heart disease, even cancer!” (diversion)
* “We must either support animal testing, or give up in the war against cancer.” (limited choice)
* “You say that running is healthy. But studies show that people who run more than six hours a day are at risk for degenerative bone disease of the knee.” (straw man)
Read Section 2A for Tuesday and Section 2B for Thursday! (We’ll go back to Chapter 1 section E when I get back.)