Description Assignment Details Part 1:  Please find an argument to analyze. B …

Description Assignment Details Part 1:  Please find an argument to analyze. Be creative! Some suggestions are  to use a commercial, letter to the editor (or op/ed piece). Analyze the  argument you choose.  What is the main purpose of the argument?  Is it inductive? Deductive?  Are there any fallacies being used? If so, which ones? Part 2:  Does the argument align with a philosophical theory or theorist? Choose  one philosophical theory or theorist and explain – from that  perspective – what you would change to make the argument better. Think  about the steps that you could use to improve the argument. For example,  if you pick Socrates as a theorist think of how Socrates would reflect  upon and engage the argument for change. Look for common fallacies like: Circular thinking – typically restating the premise in the conclusion and creating a “circular” argument Appeals  to authority – generally this fallacy considers an argument that we  should listen to based on some “false” or “non” authority. Is this  happening in your argument example? False cause – in this  fallacy the writer or speaker attributes a “false” cause to some effect  or result (often you will see superstitious thinking used here). Sweeping generalizations – this fallacy occurs when an individual makes generalizations (usually stereotypical thinking) Equivocation  – in this fallacy a person confuses two senses of the meaning of a word  (like a free animal- is it free because it doesn’t cost anything or is  it free because it is not in a “cage”?) Red herring – very  common in political settings. This fallacy is a distraction (think of a  big red fish – pretty distracting, right?)