Fallacies

Fallacies
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Introduction
The article used to determine the presence of fallacies within an author’s work is titled "Taylor Swift Scuffle Aside". The author of the material gives a depiction of how the pop music star Taylor Swift publicly criticized the Apple Company for the payment plans for his music’s royalty. Besides Taylor Swift’s allegations, it is alleged that the government regulators were also investigating this company on various grounds(Neuman, & Weizman, 2003). In as much as Apple remains the most valuable companies in the world, several criticisms have been directed at this company in Europe and in the United States on its deals with music labels over antitrust violations.
In as much as this may be considered a fact, the analysts in this company purport that as long as the company’s products such as Macs and iPhones fly off the shelves, Apple has not a reason to listen to the critics of other outside sources unless on rare circumstances like that of Ms. Swift that can hamper the company’s sales. In this article, the author presents some fallacies with the aim of convincing the readers concerning the issue at hand. The fallacies are marked in the article mentioned above and will remain the subject of this paper.
Definitions of the Fallacies Employed
The Fallacy of Logic
The author of the material makes use of the fallacy of logic in giving the happening of an event a closer proximity to another event that occurred under the presumption that the first event leads to the second(Neuman, & Weizman, 2003). When referring to logical fallacies, an author attempts to correlate well-known errors of reasoning rather than fallacies in a broad sense.
Fallacies of Authority (Faulty Authority)
The fallacy of faulty authority can be used when an individual whose credentials might be relevant with the aim of validating an opinion beyond the individual's expertise(Neuman, & Weizman, 2003). It is, therefore, typical that an analyst can never understand the world of music and, therefore, may not have the required information to make a judgement.
Hasty Generalization
This occurs when an author generalizes to prove his/her point(Neuman, & Weizman, 2003). We may not always come up with the exact answers on issues, a factor that requires an author to use this fallacy in proving their points.
Execution of Each Fallacy
The fallacy of logic can be depicted in the third paragraph in which the author mentions Apple skill over recent years I skating past controversies. The company in this analogy responds to Ms. Swift’s public letter that responded on their critics and decides to give attention to her criticisms. The analysts believe that even as the company’s products fly ...