Avoiding Anecdotal Fallacy
Premise and Conclusion Exercise
I think it is great that you do not see any fallacies in your argument. It is so important to evaluate our argument for any fallacies or flaws. Fallacies within an argument can occur when a faulty connection is made. This can be due to the construction of the argument (premise) or the justification for it (conclusion). It is important that the premise and conclusion are each assessed to see if there are any flaws or issue with them.
Let’s take this opportunity to work on identifying what a premise and a conclusion is within an argument. Take a look at this statement:
“I don’t wear my seat belt while driving anymore because I have had friends that all got in accidents while they were wearing their seatbelts.”
For participation points: Identify what is the premise and conclusion. Also, what type of fallacy is it and how will you avoid using this fallacy in your essay.
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Avoiding Anecdotal Fallacy
A premise can be described as a statement that is accepted or assumed to be true and can be used to either support or form a conclusion. In the provided statement, the premise is "I have had friends that all got in accidents while they were wearing their seatbelts."
On the other hand, a conclusion is considered the outcome following a given process of thinking and forms the point that a given argument attempts to establish from the existing evidence. In the statement, the conclusion is "I don’t wear my seat belt while driving anymore."
As noted, fallacy describes an error in logic that weakens the strength as well as the overall validity of a presented argument. The presented statement has an anecdotal fallacy. An anecdotal fallacy occurs when an aut...
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