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Fallacy Summary and Application Paper
Robert King
MGT 350
Instructor: Mike Mynyk
August 12, 2004
Fallacy Summary and Application
Introduction
A Fallacy is a kind of argument which tends to persuade us, even though it is a bad argument, either because of the form, or because of the falsity of one of the premises.
Point of Clarification- when we talk of committing a fallacy, it is usually the person offering the flawed argument who is at fault, as well as the person who accepts the argument as being well reasoned! It the case where the person offering the argument is doing so to prevent harm, and realizes that the argument is fallacious, then they are only committing a fallacy if they believe what they have argued is reasonable. ...
False Dilemma
In this fallacy, the distraction from the truth lies in the wording of the argument. ...
Appeal to Emotion
This fallacy is committed when someone manipulates peoples emotions in order to get them to accept a claim as being true. ... This fallacy is actually an extremely effective persuasive device. ... It is the power of this fallacy that explains its great popularity and wide usage. However, it is still a fallacy (Labossiere 1995). ... In many cases it is not particularly obvious that the person committing the fallacy is attempting to support a claim. The user of the fallacy will appear to be attempting to move people to take an action, such as buying a product or fighting in a war. ...
Begging the Question
This fallacy is consistently used within management at Rocky Mountain Steel Mills.
Approximate Word count = 1312
Approximate Pages = 5.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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