I had a disagreement that one should sleep for only six hours because it is healthy: Health is part of our lives. Circular reasoning and overgeneralization on what health is all about were the fallacies I used. It was not very persuasive because at times one is really tired and needs more sleep. The level of critical thinking was not very good (Paul & Elder, 2010). This is because the argument required more breath and clarity.
I also had an argument with my patient who argued that anyone can be a doctor. This argument had two fallacies which were false analogy because the information is not true. Another analogy was being unrealistic because medicine is a complex field (Donyai, 2016). The argument was not persuasive and lacked good critical thinking because it was inaccurate, not logic and needed another point of view thus needed a breath.
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Another argument was when my friend argued that proteins are good for the body thus one must eat turkey every day. The kind of fallacies used was jumping into conclusions, being unrealistic and answering questions one is not competent to answer. The argument was still not persuasive and bad critical thinking was used because of the information required depth, breadth, and accuracy (McGregor, 2005) .
The other argument we had with my colleagues was that one should always look right, left and right again before crossing the road. The argument used overgeneralization as a fallacy on what traffic rules entail (Donyai, 2016). The argument was persuasive because it seemed more detailed. Critical thinking was used because the argument was logic, had good depth and relevant.
We also had a disagreement on what courses are meant for men and those for women. The disagreement had fallacies such as false analogies, jumping into conclusions as well as overgeneralization. This disagreement was not persuasive to both genders, and it was given little critical thinking (Paul & Elder 1997) . This is because it lacked logic, breadth, depth and fairness on both genders.
References
Donyai, P. (2016). Identifying fallacious arguments in a qualitative study of antipsychotic prescribing in dementia. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice . Print
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McGregor, S. (2005). Thinker's Guide Series. International Journal of Consumer Studies , 6,
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