Friday, November 9, 2012

FALSE DILEMMA




      "False Dilemma" is an informal fallacy that omits a choice between two extremes intentionally to deceive readers or unintentionally. False dilemma also known as either-or fallacy is one of the most common fallacies because it is easier way of persuation as well as easier for people to use it accidentally with out throughly investigating all the possible choices. The statement "You are either with us or against us," is a good example of false dilemma because a person is entitled to the choice of not being affiliated with any group, but the fallacy is ignoring the fact that people could be in between (not on either side). Another example is   the famous Eldridge Cleaver's presidentias statement "You're either part of the solution or part of the problem." In this case Cleaver is the possibility that people could be neither part of the solution nor the problem. Eventhough, it is easy to fall into this fallacy we can avoid it by considering every possible options including the options that might not suit ourself. This is ofcourse given that the writer is not intending to mislead readers on purpose.


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