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CHS200 Module 4 - Case
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For the fourth Case Assignment, your task is to write a 1-3 page essay in which you address the following scenario:
Suppose that you are attending a conference for physical therapists. You listen to a speech by Dr. John Russell, an orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Russell is speaking about a new, experimental procedure to repair torn ligaments in the knee. After listening to the 30 min. conference talk, one of the attendees sitting next to you, Harold, tells you, “Dr. Russell claims that the procedure is effective at reducing pain 3 months post-surgery. Dr. Russell would, of course, hold a favorable view of this new procedure because he only recently finished his orthopedic surgery fellowship, and plus he went to medical school on the West coast. Therefore, this procedure could not be as effective as Dr. Russell claims it is”.
This is a two-part assignment:
A) Identify the type of logical fallacy in the argument that Harold just made. Justify your selection.
B) Respond to Harold with a different set of statements containing a separate fallacy. State the type of fallacy that you committed in responding. Then, justify why the fallacy you made is of the type that you purport it to be.
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Running Head: logical fallacies.
Logical fallacies
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Logical fallacies can be termed as errors in reasoning and happens whenever a person or people take a position or tries to persuade others to adopt a certain position and based on bad reasoning they end up committing a fallacy. In the case of Dr. Russell’s speech, one of the attendees, Harold, tries to bring up an argument against it.
He says “Dr. Russell claims that the procedure is effective at reducing pain 3 months post-surgery. Dr. Russell would, of course, hold a favorable view of this new procedure because he only recently finished his orthopedic surgery fellowship, and plus he went to medical school on the West coast. Therefore, this procedure could not be as effective as Dr. Russell claims it is”.
His argument tends support to its conclusion such that one would not have doubts about it being true but this might not be the case. The type of fallacy Harold might have committed is an inductive or informal fallacy. First of all, Harold assumes that the fact that Dr. Russell recently finished his orthopedic surgery fellowship, and that he studied in a medical school in the West coast therefore he will automatically say that the procedure is effective which might not be the case.
This fallacy could be stated as below:
Premise1: Dr. Russell recently finished his orthopedic surgery fellowship,
Premise2: Dr. Russell studied in the West
Premise3: Dr. Russell supports the new procedure,
Conclusion: All orthopedics from West coast support the pr...
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