Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Group 3: Devices of 9-b "A Junk Science Congregation"

David J. Hanson, a sociology teacher in New York
Ethos: He has researched the subject of alcohol and drinking for over 30 years, beginning with his PhD dissertation investigation, and has written widely on the subject.
Metaphor and Hasty Generalization: "the faithful" based arguments on polls where people think ads increase youth drinking. Compares it to other polls where people "also find that many people think that extraterrestrial aliens have landed on earth, that ghosts can communicate with us, and that some races are systematically inferior to others." This expresses the logical fallacy of Hasty Generalization.
Rhetorical analysis: Hanson analyzes all the claims and beliefs of the congregational group. Using this, he points out multiple logical fallacies to point out the error of their beliefs.

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