Ways+of+Knowing+-+Logic

Does God Exist - Logical Fallacies: media type="youtube" key="diotM7ki3ik&hl=en" height="256" width="315"

Let's examine the logic. Will Beckham's celebrity influence American's view of soccer? media type="file" key="The Soccer Messiah.mp3" width="240" height="20" media type="youtube" key="s666MNlFCbI&hl=en" height="259" width="318"

Do the lawsuits against cultural satire have merit? The movie 'Borat' offended many people in the US and Kazakhstan. The producer (Sacha Baron Cohen) of the movie has been taken to court on numerous instances by people who appeared in the movie unwittingly. The article from the age below discusses the case and podcast questions whether such lawsuits have any merit?

[|Borat wins court case article, from The Age newspaper] media type="file" key="Borat's Nest.mp3" width="240" height="20"

Does brain stimulating activity such as crosswords delay the onset or eliminate the chances of getting alzheimer's disease? Read the following articles and hear the logic analysed in the podcast below: [|Can you prevent alzheimer's disease?] [|Learning slows physical progression of alzheimer's disease] [|Hobbies delay onset of alzheimer's disease - USA Today article]

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media type="youtube" key="RyQm1pmOYGg&hl=en" height="344" width="425" The following podcast from the Princeton LSAT review discusses the logical arguments for passenger profiling to reduce the risk of terrorism in the USA. media type="file" key="I Know This Is Not Politically Correct, But... 1.mp3" width="240" height="20"

When a logical argument is flawed, we deem it to be a fallacy. The key for ToK students is to be able to identify these flaws in the logic and become empowered skeptics. Below are some of the types of logical fallacies: The above fallacies are all discussed with examples in the file below, your task is to come up with other examples of such fallecies that are occurring right before our eyes.
 * Missing the point
 * Hasty generalisation
 * Post hoc
 * Slippery slope
 * Weak analogy
 * Appeal to authority
 * Ad populum
 * Ad hominem
 * Appeal to pity
 * Appeal to ignorance