Critical Thinking: Fallacies 1

In this lecture from his Fayetteville State University Critical Thinking class, Dr. Sadler discusses fallacies falling under the broad rubric of Appeal to Emotion. He also discusses the nature of emotions, the role emotional intelligence plays, and outlines the structure of fallacious arguments appealing to emotions.

[GregoryBSadler]

Well, that works out good! Down the line, I'm, planning on doing a new, improved series of videos on Critical Thinking and Argumentation

[GregoryBSadler]

Thanks! That's very high praise -- I left FSU after the semester these were shot, and have about another 200 videos over in my personal channel, so if you liked these, you might enjoy those as well

[mike]

This has got to be one of the most awesome teachers i've seen, great lesson and well presented.

[GregoryBSadler]

Moore and Parker, Critical Thinking, 10th ed -- though I ought to mention that's the textbook we had to use

[GregoryBSadler]

Lastly -- thanks very much Swanseauk for the comment. Nice to see other people are watching -- perhaps even getting something out of -- these videos, which were an interesting experiment in lecture capture

[xCAFEFD]

This guy is very easy to listen to. Good teacher.
(ha)

[GregoryBSadler]

Unfortunately YouTube only permits very short answers. Here's another thing to keep in mind about the feeling/emotion/mood -- affectivity matter: these videos are recorded lectures from a 100-level required Critical Thinking course -- not an upper level seminar in theory of emotion. I'm using terms like "emotion" or "mood" in the much looser sense that my audience understands -- precisely so I can use the time I've got to focus on some Critical Thinking terms used in a more rigorous sense.

[RichardPFranklin]

In my opinion, an experiment such as the one you've described can't be just about resisting temptation. It's also about your willingness to believe that the person offering you a reward for your patience is going to keep their word! A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, you know. And in real life, those who choose to take someone else's word for it and wait for birds in the bush may very well end up having none. Not trying to be deep, just thinking out loud.

[GregoryBSadler]

Well. . . I can't speak for YouTube's own longevity, but for my part, I can say that the videos I've posted -- and my own channel -- will remain available, and I'll be adding to them.

Some new lectures I've got planned to produce will be by subscription only through ReasonIO (once we get that feature up and running). But all the content already out there hosted at present by YouTube will stay there and remain free, as will new content uploaded into YouTube

[GregoryBSadler]

You're welcome. Glad you liked it

[Alexiaden]

You're a great teacher, Sir. Thank you for the video.

[GregoryBSadler]

@irishcoffeytwo Thanks -- many more available on my personal channel. The trouble with the ties is that I'm also very tall!

[GregoryBSadler]

I am indeed -- these vids were shot while I was still at FSU, back when YouTube allowed individuals only short uploads, so we put them in the institutional channel. Since July 2011, I've been up in New York, shooting Philosophy videos for my own channel

[GregoryBSadler]

@DangerDave67 It's quite all right, so please don't worry about it. I actually use my weight as an example sometimes in class -- particularly when I am talking about the disconnect between what we know we ought to do and what we in fact do, or in Ethics classes as an example of immoderation with respect to appetites, so for me it's fair game. No feelings hurt, no harm done

[GregoryBSadler]

You are certainly right to point out that, in certain, mainly recent Anglophone theories of emotions, distinctions get made between emotions, feelings, and moods, and that the way the distinction is articulated is on whether they have an object or not. I am guessing that you assume that such theories are either the only, or the best -- otherwise you'd not be taking me to task over the distinction. But, there are many classic theories of emotion which do not make that set of distinctions.

[nervalinewatson]

Watched your video and I am impressed with your knowledge. This helps me with my class work.

[marquesjones]

I really enjoyed the lecture. It is funny hearing someone verbalize the things I think about and often times feel I'm the only one that gets it. Funny because you spoke about human nature to feel better than others and I never considered that as an emotional fallacy. I will be viewing the remainder of your lectures.

[GregoryBSadler]

@DangerDave67 Thanks. Yes, it's kind of unfortunate that we get so little time with the students to actually cultivate Critical Thinking in any systematic way that might stick with most of them.

I'm not teaching Critical Thinking this semester or next -- changed from FSU to Marist College -- but if you liked this video series of class sessions, you might check out the vids I've got over on my channel from this semester -- Ethics and Intro to Philosophy

[GregoryBSadler]

@DangerDave67 hahaha! No, I'm just a bit paunchy, something I hope to change this coming year

[GregoryBSadler]

I'm glad you found the CT lectures useful. If you like these, come on over to my personal channel -- many more lectures available over there