Problem: Fallacies and Errors in Sound Reasoning"
Please respond to the following:
There are several types of fallacies - equivocation, false authority, ad hominem, appeal to ignorance, and bandwagon.
Please provide two (2) different examples of advertising that show any of the above topics.
- Which of the above fallacies is used in each advertisement?
- Why do you think the advertisers used that fallacy in the ad?
- Did the advertisers use the fallacy effectively?
- If you were an advertiser, what would you have done differently to better use the fallacy?