Study the 44 Dirty Tricks in The Thinker’s Guide to Fallacies to complete this assignment.
- Read Tim Wise’s piece in Medium, “Systemic Racism, Explained by Newton’s First Law of Motion,”Links to an external site. before you read its critique, “In Reply to Tim Wise: America’s Past Should Not Be Oversimplified,Links to an external site.” a response by J. Edward Britton.
Find at least 5 fallacies in Britton’s critique and follow the format below to organize the fallacies.
- Format: Write one paragraph for each fallacy. Label each paragraph with the name of the fallacy according to “44 Dirty Tricks” in your textbook.
- In each paragraph include and follow the order below:
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- Name of the fallacy
- A definition of the fallacy
- The fallacious argument in Britton’s essay that matches that fallacy
- An explanation of why the argument is fallacious
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- Length: A minimum of 5 fallacies is required.
Systemic Racism, Explained by Newton’s First Law of Motion: https://timjwise.medium.com/systemic-racism-explained-by-newtons-first-law-of-motion-ebca8f583d67
In Reply to Tim Wise: America’s Past Should Not Be Oversimplified,Links to an external site: https://merionwest.com/2020/11/28/in-reply-to-tim-wise-americas-past-on-race-should-not-be-oversimplified/