Business Communication
BUSINESS COMMUNICATION Semester 1, 2013
Assignment 1
Student Name: Sushma Shrestha Student Number: 1158200
Submitted on: 3 MAY. 13
Submitted to: George Alexander
Fallacy simply means mistake and logical fallacy means mistake done with knowingness. It is an incorrect or misleading idea that are based on inaccurate facts. To understand the concept of common fallacies more clearly one must understand what an argument is. Argument contains the statement either true or false with is offered in support of the claim being made with the conclusion either true or false.
There are mainly two types of arguments, inductive and deductive argument. Deductive argument is an argument that provides the complete support to the conclusion; the premises provided are guarantee of the truth of conclusion for example, there are 10 spoons on the top-shelf of my kitchen and 12 spoons on my lower shelf of my kitchen. There are no other spoons anywhere else in my kitchen. Therefore, there are 22 spoons in my kitchen. Inductive argument is an argument with the premises that don’t provide the complete support to the conclusion, the premises are intended only to be so strong that, if there are true then it is unlikely the conclusion is false for example, it has rained in Sydney every April in recorded history, therefore, it will rain in Sydney this coming April also. So, simply a fallacy is an argument in which the premises given for the conclusion do not provide the needed degree of support.
Following are some common logical fallacies and there explanation: 1 Two Wrong Makes a Right Description: - When a person attempts to justify his action against another person only because that another person did the same action against him or her, like a revenge. Logical form: - Person A did xxx
Assignment 1
Student Name: Sushma Shrestha Student Number: 1158200
Submitted on: 3 MAY. 13
Submitted to: George Alexander
Fallacy simply means mistake and logical fallacy means mistake done with knowingness. It is an incorrect or misleading idea that are based on inaccurate facts. To understand the concept of common fallacies more clearly one must understand what an argument is. Argument contains the statement either true or false with is offered in support of the claim being made with the conclusion either true or false.
There are mainly two types of arguments, inductive and deductive argument. Deductive argument is an argument that provides the complete support to the conclusion; the premises provided are guarantee of the truth of conclusion for example, there are 10 spoons on the top-shelf of my kitchen and 12 spoons on my lower shelf of my kitchen. There are no other spoons anywhere else in my kitchen. Therefore, there are 22 spoons in my kitchen. Inductive argument is an argument with the premises that don’t provide the complete support to the conclusion, the premises are intended only to be so strong that, if there are true then it is unlikely the conclusion is false for example, it has rained in Sydney every April in recorded history, therefore, it will rain in Sydney this coming April also. So, simply a fallacy is an argument in which the premises given for the conclusion do not provide the needed degree of support.
Following are some common logical fallacies and there explanation: 1 Two Wrong Makes a Right Description: - When a person attempts to justify his action against another person only because that another person did the same action against him or her, like a revenge. Logical form: - Person A did xxx