Logical Fallacies 11.25.2016

          Logical fallacies can be seen on a daily basis. For example, ad hominem can be seen in the presidential election when the candidates attack one another instead of the actual argument at hand.  Another example is slippery slope, which can be seen by the reasoning that parents tend to give their children. Unknowingly, we all sometimes use logical fallacies out of frustration. However, the use of logical fallacies is usually not effective and always unprofessional. This week we made posters for logical fallacies. The fallacies that my partner and I chose was ad hominem. The advertisement below was an interesting example of ad hominem that I found.

         This advertisement uses pathos through its word choice of the word "problem" and its dark background, which creates a serious tone. This may seem like an effective advertisement at first, but after carefully examining it, this advertisement makes a weak argument. The advertisement does not mention how Romney is a problem and provides no evidence to support this statement. If the advertisement included some of Romney's policies to support this statement, it would have been an effective argument, but it did not. This is an example of ad hominem because it is an attack on the person directly with no evidence to show how this statement is even related to the actual argument.