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Offline gillianren

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Helping Graham With Homework
« on: July 24, 2012, 02:03:25 AM »
Graham is in English 102.  I have a generally low opinion of his teacher for a long list of reasons, but one thing I do approve of is that he has to do a presentation on logical fallacies.  Specifically slippery slope and appeal to emotion, for some reason.  I know there are good sites out there about them, but I don't seem to have any of them bookmarked.  (I did go to Wikipedia, and I read him the entire text of "if-by-whiskey."  Which has nothing to do with his project but is awfully funny.)  Does anyone have any favourites?
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Re: Helping Graham With Homework
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2012, 03:10:47 AM »
I really like this one: http://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/

Graham might also like this: http://leftycartoons.com/slippery-slopes/
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Re: Helping Graham With Homework
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2012, 04:47:30 PM »
Given that one of those is exactly the argument I used to demonstrate what "slippery slope" means, I think he'll appreciate it.  Thank you!
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