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A 3 page research paper that discusses the relationship between critical thinking and persuasion. The writer argues that critical thinking skills aid a discerning listener/reader in discerning whether or not a persuasive argument contains a fallacy. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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appeal. Offhand, one would think that the structure of persuasion would be obvious; however, Kemerling (2001) points out that discerning the legitimacy of an argument is often rather difficult, rather
like trying to see if a leg is broken without employing x-rays. Critical thinking, like x-rays, provide a means to comprehend the internal structure of a persuasive argument and whether
or not its logic is sound or fallacious. Fallacies are errors in thinking that are often found in persuasive language (Haskins, 2005). These errors in thinking fall into specific
categories. For example, fallacies of relevance are when persuasive arguments are based purely on emotion, that is, force or perhaps pity. For example, if a professor insists that Herbert Hoover
was the greatest American president and makes it clear that if students do not agree, they will receive an F for the course, this means of persuasion is fallacious. It
proves nothing that the professor holds this belief unless facts can be provided that support this position (Kemerling, 2001). This error in thinking is closely related to persuasive arguments that
are based on the idea that a position has to be correct because someone in authority promotes it. This position holds that if someone in authority promotes a position
than it must be true (Kemerling, 2001). The most recent example of this is the current war that the US is fighting in Iraq. President George Bush and his Administration
insisted that the Iraq government had and planned to use weapons of mass destruction. The American people assumed that the government was privy to legitimate information and backed this position.
Most Americans were persuaded that if people in authority said it was true, then it had to be true. However, this conclusion has since proven to be false. Simply being
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