APPLYING CRITICAL THINKING

Applying Critical Thinking

Applying Critical Thinking

Introduction

Fallacies have been inevitable part of human society since inception of human race. There are cultural, ethnic and dogmatic norms and values behind creation of fallacies that were present in people at time of creation of fallacies. This paper discusses examples of the four form of fallacies namely non-sequitur, faulty analogy, hasty generalization and equivocation. This paper also considers fallacy without naming it and then discusses relevant examples pertaining to that fallacy by discussing its social impact on people's behavior and attitudes.

Examples of the four logical fallacies

Non-sequitur:

An example of non-sequitur fallacy reasoning is that of ...