Links to rhetorical tools:

Here are links to the rhetorical tools used in this class:

Schemes & Tropes -- Perelman & Olbrechts-Tyteca -- Fallacies -- Burke -- Rhetorical Toolbox -- Conspiracy Rhetorics

Monday, February 26, 2018

Houston, TX ghost investigation Team fallacy analysis




Example- Hasty Generalization

“Just because it is a shadow figure or some form of black mass does not necessarily make it evil or demonic.  ... Personally, in my 15 plus years of investigating I can count on one hand the cases that truly turned out to be demonic in nature.”

 In this specific statement, the reader is given a run around essentially in what this specific investigator has really experienced to the deep core of their ghost/demonic experiences have come across. We aren’t given the specific moments of time in description what so ever as to when or how the rare occurrences had come upon that the black essence viewed was actually of demonic nature.

Red Herring

“Although EVP’s are a good form of evidence, we strive to get visual proof to validate all of the personal experiences that have been encountered.”
 Prior to this specific statement, the blog post is essentially focalized towards the utilization of video that the Houston team uses in specific parts of the house or residence that they investigate, in response EVP’s are pointed towards as there “go-to”. Which from the angle I see it as, EVP’s is the subject that is supposed to distract the audience from why video isn’t always the most efficient tool in their investigations and how it doesn’t again, bring up a true visual.
Tu Quoque fallacy

“So by this point, you might be asking yourself why I would agree to be part of this team? The reason is simple, I am in love with science, in all forms.”
 Tu Quoque fallacy, also meaning hypocrisy, essentially would work within this statement given from one of the crew members ultimate reason for being part of the team. As most know that there is no concise distinction between what is acceptable between a science realm of what is here in a standard function or form and an spiritual/afterlife realm.
Appeal to Authority

“Being a paramedic I am taught to think critically…. Well, this isn’t rationalism. This is an evidence based science experiment.”
Given the context that this investigator of the team is speaking on, he is using his credibility of his background of job experience as an over extent. As well as appealing within hypocrisy of his own past line of work.

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