Love is fallacy.ppt1

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6) Poisoning the Well （井中投毒）
Speaking “against the man”
rather than to issue, or the fallacy
of Poisoning the Well in the text
where the premises mayቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱonly make
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Teaching Methods
1. Teacher-oriented teaching method 2. Student-oriented teaching method 3. The elicited method
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Teaching Procedure
Ⅰ. Introductory Remarks Ⅱ. Background Information Ⅲ. Learning Focus Ⅳ. Key words and Expressions Ⅴ. Explanation of the Text
generically incorrect reasoning
The fallacies mentioned in the text are material fallacies:
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1. Dicto Simpliciter 绝对判断
（Fallacy of Accident ）
An argument based on an unqualified generalization. The argument applies a general rule to a particular case in which some special circumstances makes the rule inapplicable.

I consult my watch : I looked at my watch to see what time it is . Consult: to refer to or turn to , especially for information. Call it a night : (colloquial) to stop working for the night; also “call it a day” I deposited…dormitory : I took her back and left her at the girls’ dormitory.

e.g.：Think of all the poor, starving African children! How could rich countries be so cruel as not to help them? 点评：抒情是不能当作论证的。
I fought …despair: I struggled to keep away the feeling of despair. Get nowhere: to make no progress; accomplish nothing. I am nothing …persistent: a case of a double negative making a positive , I am very persistent. Next comes Post Hoc: Next comes the logical fallacy called Post Hoc.
Admittedly …hope: one must admit the outcome does not look very hopeful. Admitted(公认地、诚然): by admission or general agreement ; confessedly Prospect: something hoped for or expected Fraught : filled ,charged ,or loaded.

Polly was beautiful and attractive enough to arouse the desires and passions of men.
Some key words from the text:
❖ Gracious ❖ Exquisite ❖ An erectness of carriage 婷婷玉立 ❖ An ease of bearing 落落大方 ❖ The best breeding 有教养
woman.
A Beautiful Dumb Girl
The narrator thought that it is easier to make a beautiful dumb girl smart than to make an ugly smart girl
beautiful. He considered that Polly is a beautiful dumb girl who would smarten
The Character of Polly
From Love Is a Fallacy
Two parts
Brief introduction about the plot related to Polly
Analyze the character of Polly
Summary
love is a fallacy tells a love story among
According to the plot, the narrator was interested in Polly for “a shrewdly calculated, entirely cerebral reason”. He wanted a woman to help his career as a lawyer. And Polly already had all the physical qualities needed for developing into a very beautiful

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About the text
• The text is excerpted from The Many loves of Dobbie Gillis by Max Shulman. It is a piece of narrative writing.
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• The narrator of the story, Dobie Gillis, a self-conceited freshman in a school struggles against Petey Burch, his
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4) False Analogy “It doe not follow” arises when there is not
even a deceptively plausible appearance of valid reasoning, because the given premises have virtually nothing to do with the conclusion drawn from them.
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6) Poisoning the Well （井中投毒） Speaking “against the man” rather than to
issue, or the fallacy of Poisoning the Well in the text where the premises may only make a personal attack on a person holding some thesis rather than offer grounds showing why what he says is false.
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5） Hypothesis Contrary to Fact The fallacy of many questions consists in