ENTRY 4-_TRAN THI KIM DUNG
ITEM 1
Sếp hỏi nhân viên:
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Anh có vợ rồi hả?
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Báo cáo sếp, đúng vậy!
- Nói láo! Tui đã cho người kiểm
tra và thấy trong túi anh có tiền.
premise 1 (hidden): Men
who have wives have no money on them
premise 2:
The employee has money in his pocket
Conclusion:
He doesn’t
have wife
Fallacies: the first
premise is false. In fact, there are lots of husbands having money on them.
They use it, for example, to pay for their travelling costs or some private
purposes.
ITEM 2
A
woman washaving some trouble with her heart, so she went to see the doctor. He
was a newdoctor, and did not know her, so he first asked some questions, and
one of themwas "How old are you?"
"Well,"
she answered, "I don'tremember, doctor, but I will try to think". She
thought for a minute andthen said, "Yes, I remember now, doctor! When I
married, I was eighteenyears old, and my husband was thirty. Now my husband is sixty,
I know; and that is twice thirty. So I am twice eighteen. That is thirty-six,
isn't it?
Premise 1: When I married, I was eighteenyears
old, and my husband was thirty
Premise 2: Now my husband is twice thirty
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Conclusion: Now I am twice eighteen
Fallacies:
the inference is false because to double thirty it needs thirty more, but to
double eighteen it only needs eighteen more. Therefore, many years ago the
wife’s age was twice as much as her age was when she married. Now her age
should be : eighteen + thirty = forty-eight
"Why
do you beg?”
“The
truth is I beg to get money for booze (drink).”
“Why do
you drink?”
“To give
me the courage to beg”.
Fallacies: (arguing in a circle) A because B; B because
A:
beg to get money for drink, and drink
to have courage to beg
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