高级英语（第三版）第二册第四课 love is a Fallacy.pptVIP

省级精品课程 《高级英语》第三版第二册 制作人：徐李洁 Lesson 4 Love is a Fallacy Teaching Aims Make students aware of basic logic fallacies; Discuss about the characters; Enable students to appreciate the humor; Some Logic Fallacies 1. Dicto Simplicity (绝对判断的谬误） 2. Hasty Generalization （草率的结论） 3. Post Hoc （牵强附会） 4. Contradictory Premises （前提相互矛盾） 5. Ad Misericordiam （文不对题） 6. False Analogy （错误类比） 7. Hypothesis Contrary to Fact（与事实相反 的假设） 8. Poisoning the Well （井下放毒） 1.Dicto Simplicity —the fallacy is committed by an argument that applies a general rule to a particular case in which some special circumstances make the rule inappropriate. Car is fast. Therefore every time we hang out, we should drive a car. Dog is a pet. Everyone likes it. Post education is beneficial. so everyone should at least get a bachelor degree. 2. Hasty Generalization --- The converse fallacy of accident argues improperly from a special case to a general rule. A sports program is interesting. An entertainment program is interesting. A TV series is interesting. Therefore every TV program is interesting. Tom is a Spanish student. Jane is a Spanish student. Jack is a Spanish student. All the students therefore in this class are Spanish students. I haven’t seen a UFO; Jason hasn’t either; Ms Yan hasn’t probably; so no UFO at all. 3. Post Hoc ---The fallacy of false cause mislocates the cause of one phenomenon in another that is only seemingly related. Post hoc mistakes temporal sequence for causal connection . Don’t sing this song. Every time you sing this song, the baby gets sick. I never drink purified water, each time I do I’ll get diarrhea （腹泻）. He is very wealthy, so he must be healthy. His eyes are very big, so he must have good eyesight. 4. Contradictory Premises --The conclusion is contradictory to the premise This is the mightiest sword which is able to shatter any shield, and that is the most indestructi