Business Communication Team 10

Straw man Fallacy   A fallacy is an argument or belief based on erroneous reasoning.  In the straw man fallacy,  someone attacks a position the opponent doesn’t really hold. Straw man fallacies are a cheap and easy way to make one’s position look stronger than it is. Using this fallacy, opposing views are characterized as “non-starters,” lifeless, truthless, and wholly unreliable. This fallacy can be unethical if it’s done on purpose, deliberately mischaracterizing the opponent’s position for the sake of deceiving others. But often the straw man fallacy is accidental, because one doesn’t realize he or she is oversimplifying a nuanced position, or misrepresenting a narrow, cautious claim as if it were broad and foolhardy. Exhibit A Posted by Ted (2015, June 22) Downloaded from https://www.credocourses.com/blog/2015/the-straw-man-fallacy-and-the-nature-of-god/ Example :  Exhibit B Posted by ME.ME ( 2017, April 26) Downloaded from https://me.me/i/the-upt

Fallacies are fake or deceptive arguments, arguments that prove nothing. Fallacies often seem superficially sound, and they far too often retain immense persuasive power even after being clearly exposed as false. Bandwagon Fallacy The bandwagon fallacy is the assumption that the opinion of the majority is always valid: that is, everyone believes it, so you should too. A couple different fallacies can be included under this label, such as Ad populum fallacy:  - Latin word for “to the popularity” - Something is accepted because it’s popular. Posted by Lupe Rosales   ( 2013, January 31) ''Ad Populum Fallacy''  from  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2YMbRnx3qs Consensus Gentium fallacy:  - Latin word for “consensus of the people” - Something is accepted because the relevant authorities or people all agree on it. Posted by Smeriglia (2013, October 13)  ''Preti (Priests) -Ep.2  Consensus Gentium'' from https://www.you

Abductive reasoning  usually starts with an incomplete set of observations and proceeds to the likeliest possible explanation for the group of observations. In general, abductive is a combination of inductive and deductive methods that encourage expansive thinking. Example: Figure 1: Combine methods in the UXD toolkit for an abductive approach. (Credit: Pivot Design Group) INDUCTIVE VS DEDUCTIVE VS ABDUCTIVE REASONING Figure 2: Abductive thinking in UX allows business team members to collaborate and put the user first. (Credit: Pivot Design Group) Figure 3: A combination of UX methods can produce innovative solutions. (Credit: Pivot Design Group) CrashCourse (2016, February 22) How to Argue - Induction & Abduction: Crash Course Philosophy #3 From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wrCpLJ1XAw

De ductive reasoning is the process of reasoning from multiple statements (premises) to reach a logically certain conclusion. It is sometimes referred to as top-down logic which actually a counterpart to inductive reasoning, which highlights bottom-up logic. Where deductive reasoning proceeds from general premises to a specific conclusion, inductive reasoning proceeds from specific premises to a general conclusion. Exhibit A   Alison Ackroyd. Pinterest.  STEM Teaching Now, let's bring humor into this learning, shall we? Check these out! Exhibit B  Undistributed Middle Term . Retrieved from http://www.fallacyfiles.org/undismid.html Exhibit C Nina Paley. (1997, Oct 8).  Fluff Exhibit D Posted by John Kranz (March 11, 2009) INDUCTIVE REASONING VS DEDUCTIVE REASONING                                                                        

Reasoning refers to the process of making sense of things around us. Making business decisions can be scary, even simple business decisions can cost million dollar consequences. Becoming more aware of how we think can empower us to be better producers and consumers of communicative messages. 1) INDUCTIVE REASONING Inductive reasoning is a process of making a general decision after witnessing or observing a specific instance of something. With inductive reasoning, you’re generalizing that all future instances will comply with the observation that you’ve seen so far. It involves drawing a conclusion from facts, using logic. Comic Strip of Inductive Reasoning Part I Irishe, (2017, Mac 4), I nductive Reasoning Comic Strip of Inductive Reasoning Part II  Irishe. (2017, Mac 4). Inductive Reasoning    Summary of how Inductive Reasoning works Mr. Hensley. Critical Thinking Skill