Last Week Discussion #3

One concept that I feel can use further discussion is the section on fallacies. I understand the general concepts of each one, however, I do think that there should have been more time and exercises spent on using and critiquing these fallacies. Moreover, I am not confident in defining each fallacy on my own. I would most likely need to look up the definition in order to recall what the term means. I feel like fallacies are essential in arguments because people typically use them, even if they do not realize that they are using them. Either way, fallacies make a person look foolish and people should have more practice in avoiding them. For instance, many people use the bad appeal to common belief or practice to convince someone to conform or to believe in a certain religion. If people do not realize that they are using these fallacies, they will continue to make unreasonable premises that often lead to invalid and weak conclusions.