- Use your
course texts(Philosophy Here and Now) to help you respond to
the topic, and when you quote and summarize from the course texts, include
information about the page reference. - You
are discouraged from using additional sources. If you do choose
to use an outside source, be sure to cite your source, just as you do when
you use the course texts. If you use a quotation or an example from a
website, cite the website’s URL and the date accessed. - To
answer these topics completely, it takes about 2 pages – 8-10 paragraphs. - Use
the material in Vaughn’s book to help you give a detailed explanation of
what the mistake in a Straw Man is. To demonstrate your understanding and
to teach the idea to the rest of the class, provide a relevant
real-life example of the logical mistake. (You MAY use an outside
source to help you present your example; be sure to summarize or
paraphrase, cite, and use announcing verbs.) Choose carefully – consider
whether your example does a good job of illustrating a Straw Man. Compare
it to similar fallacies, and show why your example is a Straw Man rather
than another fallacy like an Appeal to the Person. The discussion of your
example should be detailed so that readers can evaluate the fallacy. Argue
the case for why your example is an example of Straw Man.
The required textbook for this essay is:
*Philosophy Here and Now (Powerful Ideas
in Everyday Life by Lewis Vaughn) 14th edition