Try this: Read the following statements. Then identify the logical fallacy, explain the error in the reasoning, and how it can be
corrected. 1. It's a good idea to wash fresh fruit before eating it; the last time I forgot to wash the strawberries I ate, I came down with food poisoning.
2. To answer your question about whether taxes should be raised, let me first call your attention to the fact that the unemployment rate in this state is lower than it has ever been. 3. I know three redheads who have terrible tempers, and since Annabel has red hair, I'll bet she has a terrible temper too.
4. When the federal government sent troops into Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce integration of the public school system, the governor of Arkansas attacked the action, saying that it was as brutal an act of intervention as Russia's sending troops into Hungary to squelch the Hungarians' rebellion. In both cases, the governor said, the rights of freedom-loving, independent people were being violated.
5. Governor Jones was elected two years ago. Since that time constant examples of corruption and subversion have been unearthed. It is time to get rid of the man responsible for this kind of corrupt government.
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2. To answer your question about whether taxes should be raised, let me first call your attention to the fact that the unemployment rate in this state is lower than it has ever been.
3. I know three redheads who have terrible tempers, and since Annabel has red hair, I'll bet she has a terrible temper too.
4. When the federal government sent troops into Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce integration of the public school system, the governor of Arkansas attacked the action, saying that it was as brutal an act of intervention as Russia's sending troops into Hungary to squelch the Hungarians' rebellion. In both cases, the governor said, the rights of freedom-loving, independent people were being violated.
5. Governor Jones was elected two years ago. Since that time constant examples of corruption and subversion have been unearthed. It is time to get rid of the man responsible for this kind of corrupt government.