Fallacies Exercise Assignment - Essay Example

Fallacies Exercise Assignment First Article: “Kingsley Guy wrong about climate.” Abraham R. Liboff, Delray Beach, Sun Sentinel. September 18, 2011.The arguments by Kingsley Guy (Sept. 11) suggesting that the science community has reservations about human-connected global warming are without merit [Ad Hominem]. . Yes, computer models are less than perfect. But those of us who live in South Florida often track predicted hurricane paths using imperfect models [Post Hoc].The five or six predicted paths are never quite the same, but we still get valuable information by looking at all of them together.

The climate modeling that has gone on for the last few decades is very similar — no one model is perfect, yet they all tell the same story : The Earth is warming and were to blame [Slippery Slope].After analyzing the discourse, it is one’s contention that the fallacies were committed in terms of: attacking Kingsley Guy’s arguments as without merit; even asserting in the title that Kingsley Guy was wrong about the climate. Further arguments show fallacies in post hoc when the author argued that computer models are less than perfect and therefore these models which they use to predict hurricane paths have been imperfect all along.

Finally, the slippery slope fallacy was exemplified in the second paragraph claims that the subsequent sets of using five or six predicted paths in climate modeling were used despite their imperfections, yet in the end, the author blames global warming to men.Second Article: “Obama, and other hot readers topics.”Audrey Samelson, Coconut Creek, Sun Sentinel. September 22, 2011.The GOP makes no secret of what it would do if we elect a Republican president. Some Republican governors have already implemented their plans, cutting teachers, police and firefighters and trying to do away with their unions.

They have never done anything to benefit the middle class. They are strictly for the wealthy. [Post Hoc].They would love to privatize everything. Privatization equals profit. They should not be allowed to profit from necessary programs like Social Security and Medicare. I cannot believe that their candidate could win on the platform they propose. President Obama has received no cooperation from the Republican members of Congress, yet he gets the blame for everything wrong in this country. He is not a king.

He cannot operate alone. The Republicans know this, and they voted against all his proposals every time. We dont need a political party in charge that puts party ahead of country and admits its aim is to make Obama a one-term president.This article presents one post hoc fallacy that aimed to exemplify that event b (Republicans are for the wealthy) happened prior to event a (they never do anything to benefit the middle class); therefore being for the wealthy, made them not do anything for the middle class; which is fallacious and totally unsupported.

Third Article: “There ought to be payback – literally.” Jim Davis/Globe Staff. NY Times. September 30, 2011.IS THERE any thing wrong with asking for a productivity clause for all Red Sox contracts — for that matter, for all sports contracts? At least for contracts over one year? How come these multimillionaires have no shame? [Ad Hominem] I know of only one player in all of baseball, Kansas City Royals pitcher Gil Meche, who turned down millions already in his contract when he felt he could not produce.

Why don’t the players return the millions they got, as clearly they did not produce?Once you have a fat contract, there is no incentive to play hard. [Post Hoc]That is human nature.All contracts should have a productivity clause. That is only fair.Kevin M. KoshyMarbleheadThe article posited two fallacies: ad hominem in terms of attacking the supposed multimillionaires in the persons of professional baseball players. This fallacy generalized all professional baseball players as multimillionares with no shame – which is unfair and unvalidated.

On the other hand, the post hoc fallacy presupposed that when the players have a fat contract, then, there is no incentive to play hard: which is also unfairly generalized and virtually unsupported. Motivational factors in terms of monetary incentives have been proven to achieve increased performance in various research studies.Works Cited Davis, Jim. “There ought to be payback – literally.” NY Times. September 30, 2011. Web. 01 October 2011. Liboff, Abraham R. “Kingsley Guy wrong about climate.

” Sun Sentinel. September 18, 2011. Web. 30 September 2011. Samelson, Audrey. “Obama, and other hot readers topics.” Sun Sentinel. September 22, 2011. Web. 30 September 2011.