Fallacies Assignment

Humanities multiple choice
February 17, 2021
Dissertation
February 17, 2021

Each student will assess the fallacious arguments being made by the candidates currently running for President. 

Visit the C-SPAN website or other news sites to watch 1 or 2 speeches given by each candidate (available through the “videos” section below).

Once you have watched each candidate’s speeches, you can begin evaluating their arguments and reasoning.

Your paper should discuss the fallacious arguments made by each candidate. Specifically, your paper should:

  • Explain what argument(s) the candidate is making and how the argument(s) is being made.
  • Tell which type(s) of fallacious argument(s) are being made (be specific).
  • Explain why each specific argument may be seen as effective despite its lack of reasoning.
  • Speculate about how the argument could be changed to make the argument valid.

The paper should have at least 1 page of discussion for each candidate (minimum 5 pages). The paper should address all parts of the questions above and conform to all paper requirements for this course (see the syllabus). Students will likely have to use multiple examples from each candidate to reach the page requirement.

Republicans

  • Ted Cruz
  • John Kasich
  • Donald Trump

Democrats

  • Hillary Clinton
  • Bernie Sanders

Videos of Speeches

http://www.c-span.org/search/?sdate=&edate=&searchtype=Videos&sort=Most+Recent+Airing&text=0&tagid%5B%5D=275

Fallacies Rubric

Fallacies Rubric

Criteria Ratings Pts

Arguments

Discusses specific fallacious arguments made by each candidate

10 pts

Discusses vague fallacious arguments made by each candidate

5 pts

Does not discuss fallacious argument made by each candidate

0 pts

10 pts

Fallacious Arguments

Provides a specific fallacious argument type for each argument made by each candidate

10 pts

Provides a specific fallacious argument type for most arguments made by each candidate

5 pts

Does not provide a specific fallacious argument type for each argument made by each candidate

0 pts

10 pts

Argument Strength

Clearly discusses how each fallacious argument could be seen as effective/convincing

10 pts

Vaguely discusses how each fallacious argument could be seen as effective/convincing

5 pts

Does not discuss how each argument could be seen as effective/convincing

0 pts

10 pts

Validity

Provides clear thoughts on what could be provided to make the argument valid

10 pts

Provides vague thoughts on what could be provided to make the argument valid

5 pts

Does not provide thoughts on what could be provided to make the argument valid

0 pts

10 pts

Writing

Writing is clear, free f grammatical and structural errors, and meets all requirements of the assignment

10 pts

Writing is mostly clear, mostly free of grammatical and structural errors, and meets most requirements of the assignment

5 pts

Writing is not clear, contains many grammatical and structural errors, and does not meet most requirements of the assignment

0 pts

10 pts

Total Points: 
50

 
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