OBJECTIVES Identify logical fallacies such as faulty logic, unsupported facts, and emotional appeal Recognize logical fallacies in the material viewed
Guided Questions What are logical fallacies? When do we say that one 's statement is faulty logic? What do we mean by unsupported facts? When does emotional appeal occur?
Let us try!! Directions: Identify whether the statement shows faulty logic ,unsupported facts,or emotional appeal.
1.An organization that shows the aftermath of the typhoon just before asking the people to donate money.
1.An organization that shows the aftermath of the typhoon just before asking the people to donate money. Answer: Emotional Appeal
2. Students in the higher section are more than talented that students in the lower section.
2. Students in the higher section are more than talented that students in the lower section Answer: Unsupported facts
3.The cause of poverty is unemployment.
3.The cause of poverty is unemployment. Answer: Faulty logic
Fallacies are errors or tricks of reasoning. We call a fallacy an error of reasoning if it occurs accidentally; we call it a trick of reasoning if a speaker or writer uses it in order to deceive or manipulate his audience.
Faulty Logic It means imperfect reasons Example: Claire is an eloquent speaker because she speaks well
Unsupported Facts It refers to the facts claimed by someone without enough evidences Example: People in the city are nicer than people in the province.
Emotional Appeal It refers on playing an emotion through manipulation Example: The student is asking his teacher to extend the submission of his project because he is a working student .
Let us have an activity! Directions: Identify whether the statements shows faulty logic ,unsupported facts,or emotional appeal.
Jane hated the movie she watched yesterday because she said it was the worst movie she ever saw. Ms. Kylie is the most beautiful woman in the world
3. A politician who refuses to admit that he and his affiliates have done anything wrong.
4. Ray got the highest grades because he was a teacher's favorite.
5. She lost her phone right after the guy moved next door.
6. I enjoyed reading the book Harv Eker ,so I am going to buy all of his books,and I'm pretty sure Iíi like all of them.
7. A cereal commercial show kids enjoying their snack with happy parents.
8. People in Cebu are more than hospitable people in Davao.
9. Rose does not want to eat her meal,but her mom told her to think of the starving people who do not have to eat.