Jonathan+K.



1. The important aspects of this picture are the doctor and the heart surgery patient next to him. 2. The audience is people with severe heart problems and are trying to have hope of getting better 3. The assistant sleeping in the back make this meaningful because it shows just how demanding it is on the doctor by showing that the assistant wasn't even able to stay awake until the operation was finished 4. The explicit argument is that doctors save lives 5. The implicit argument is that doctors go through many difficult trials in order to save lives 6. The value of life, by showing that the doctor is doing so much to save the man and by impying that the doctor is giving up some to save the mans life 7. It shows that human life is something that needs to be saved.

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Fallacy Project

Appealing to ignorance is claim you are right because there is no proof you are not. It goes "(blank) exists because there is no proof it does not" or "(blank) does not exist because there is no proof it does"

media type="youtube" key="HABNe7_D22k" width="560" height="315" Starting at 1:50 in the video, Bill is arguing the existence of God, in his argument he claims that since his opponent can't explain that it is not God controlling the tides then God is the reason the tide goes in and out. This is appealing to ignorance because Bill is using the fact that his opponent can't prove him wrong as evidence that he is right.

media type="youtube" key="fbu0shSpsaY" width="560" height="315" The woman is using appeal to ignorance by claim the Russians are the cause of the problem because the cop can't prove her wrong .