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arora007 · Sat Jul 03, 2010 9:35 pm

I read it in one of the notes...
The E-rater will look for how well you express that you have identified the logical reasoning flaws. When you find an error, specifically identify it in the essay "this is a biased sample fallacy." The E-rater will detect that you have identified the argument's flaw and will favor your essay.

I will jot down the fallacies and would like to ask... if this really is the case? does the e-rater prefer that we explicitly mention the fallacy type which is present in the argument ??

1/ Circular reasoning: An unsubstantiated assertion is used to justify another unsubstantiated assertion.
2/ Biased-sample fallacy: A sample that is not representative of the population is under consideration.
3/ Insufficient sample fallacy: When an inadequate sample is used to justify the conclusion drawn
4/ Ad hominen: An attack is made upon a person rather than upon the statement that person has made.
5/ Faulty Analogy: Similarity drawn between things that are not relevant to characteristic being inferred.
6/ Straw Man: The person is potrayed as someone that they are not.
7/ After this, therefore because of this: fallacy in which something is associated with something else because of mere proximity of time.
8/ Black or White fallacy: Either you believe what I'm saying or you must believe exactly the opposite.
9/ All things are equal: It is assumed without justification that background conditions have remained the same at different times/locations.
10/ Equivocation: when a word or phrase that has more than one meaning is employed in different meanings throughout the argument.
11/ Non Sequitor/does not follow: The conclusion has no intrinsic connection from the premise.
12/ Argument ad populum : Polls are good for telling what people think, not whether those thoughts are correct. It assumes expertise where it simply cannot be assumed.
13/ Irrational appeals: urge us to accept the ideas at face value or on some basis other than reasonableness. They could be false appeals to common sense, appeals to emotion, and appeals to authority.

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