HUM 115 Week 3 Discussion – Bias, Fallacy, and Assumption

HUM 115 Week 3 Discussion – Bias, Fallacy, and Assumption

In the first weeks of this course, you learned about factors that can affect how effective critical thinking is. This week, you learn about bias, fallacy, assumption, and ambiguous communication. These elements often come into play when someone tries to convince someone else to agree with them.

Recall a time when you wanted to get someone to agree with you. Did you support your beliefs with facts? Did you perhaps leave out key details, bring in unrelated ideas, or become overly emotional to make your case?

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Share two brief examples of arguments in which you or someone else relied on bias, fallacy, or assumption to persuade someone else. These examples can be from social media, from work situations, or other instances. Identify where bias, fallacy, or assumption is used in the argument. Based on your knowledge of critical thinking, how might those arguments have been adjusted to use reason and critical thinking?