Question #3

One concept from throughout the semester that can use further discussion are fallacies. I learned that many arguments are bad because they require or use for repair false or dubious premise. I also learned that the argument is a fallacy only if the premise is dubious and no other premises support the conclusion. During one of the tests on fallacies, the examples were very confusing when you had to decide if it was “drawing the line”, “false dilemma”, “slippery slope”, or “bad appeal to authority”. There were a lot of other terms as well, but it became very confusing and hard to understand. On top of the fallacies, violating the principle of rational discussion was also a bit difficult to understand. There are slanters, ridicule, strawman and other terms you had to take into consideration as well. Overall, this information was just very overwhelming and I thought could use more explanation and help.