![]() ![]() Truman, “If you can’t convince them, confuse them. The red herring fallacy can be summed up in this quote by Harry S. DAMNIT!”Īfter reading this, I am sure anyone will be confused, and the lawyer exploits this confusion for defense. If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! None of this makes sense. That does not make sense! Why would a Wookiee – an eight foot tall Wookiee – want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! What does that have to do with this case? Nothing. “This is Chewbacca, Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. This defense is a classic example of the red herring fallacy. This is a very clever tactic used to make them believe that the original argument is equally baseless. It implies the use of any nonsense argument, completely irrelevant to the topic, to confuse the jury and others, by intimidating them with a loud and firm voice. Of course, you’ll find many such instances in Sherlock Holmes’ stories.Ĭhewbacca Defense This is an interesting phenomenon that was popularized by the TV show ‘South Park’. In this way, the reader’s or viewer’s mind is distracted. In detective, mystery, or horror novels and movies, they use red herring fallacies to distract the reader to a different storyline. #2: Proctor admits to adultery, and Abigail tries to distract Reverend Hale by fabricating a yellow bird that has been sent by Mary Warren to harm her. The fallacy does not work because it is a. #1: When Abigail tries to flirt with Proctor, he tries to distract her by changing the topic. The man tries to divert the conversation to something that is completely irrelevant but more supportive of his views. The play is based on the web of lies that starts revolving in the court room. Accusations start, and the police start arresting all those who have been named as witches. Abigail is one of the girls involved in this, and she has had a brief affair with Proctor, a married man. After one of them falls ill, and the townspeople try to dig more, a can of worms is revealed. The following argument commits the fallacy of composition: Teenagers earn less than adults, on average. It is a story involving four young girls who are engaged in witchcraft with a maid. The following is not one of the fallacies identified in the text: the fallacy of the forgotten ellipses. By attacking the concept of slippery slope arguments you can show that they are often fallacious.‘The Crucible’, a play by Arthur Miller, is based on witchcraft. In these instances, use an example that demonstrates the problem with slippery slope arguments in general (e.g., by using statements to reach a conclusion that is not necessarily relevant to the initial statement). ![]() Sometimes people commit a slippery slope fallacy unintentionally.Every proposition has to be true for the overall argument to work, so even if one link is irrational or not supported by evidence, then the argument collapses. Ask yourself if each link in the chain of events or action is valid.You can point out these missing steps and ask your partner to indicate what evidence exists to support the claimed relationship between two or more events. Slippery slope arguments take advantage of the gray area between an initial action or decision and the possible next steps that might lead to the undesirable outcome.There are a number of ways you can deal with slippery slope arguments especially when you suspect these are fallacious: The planning fallacy: Underestimating the time needed to complete a future task, even when we know that similar tasks in the past have taken longer than planned.The base-rate fallacy: Ignoring base-rate or statistically significant information, such as sample size or the relative frequency of an event, in favor of less relevant information e.g., pertaining to a single case, or a small number of cases This fallacy consists in diverting attention from the real issue by focusing instead on an issue having only a surface relevance to the first.The sunk cost fallacy: Following through on a project or decision because we have already invested time, effort, or money into it, even if the current costs outweigh the benefits.Ecological fallacy: Making inferences about the nature of individuals based on aggregate data for the group.Correlation/causation fallacy: Claiming that two events that occur together have a cause-and-effect relationship even though this can’t be proven.Common types of fallacy that may compromise the quality of your research are: A fallacy is a mistaken belief, particularly one based on unsound arguments or one that lacks the evidence to support it.
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