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Chapter 6: Pitfalls of Language

After Chapter 6: Section 2:
6.1 Videos Verbosity and Jargon

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”SU54QEWGd8w&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Hurley Write lecture on avoiding verbosity” description=”Hurley Write lecture on avoiding verbosity”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”SU54QEWGd8w&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Hurley Write lecture on avoiding verbosity”]
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”uAfj9Xq9SiQ&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Communications teacher Simon on what is and isn’t jargon” description=”Communications teacher Simon on what is and isn’t jargon”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”uAfj9Xq9SiQ&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Communications teacher Simon on what is and isn’t jargon”]1:24
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”lSC9fysS7mo&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Hurley Write lecture on avoiding clichés and jargon” description=”Hurley Write lecture on avoiding clichés and jargon”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”lSC9fysS7mo&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Hurley Write lecture on avoiding clichés and jargon”]
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”BjDqrbsFkos&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”BBC short lecture on understanding jargon” description=”BBC short lecture on understanding jargon”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”BjDqrbsFkos&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”BBC short lecture on understanding jargon”]5:59
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”aW2LvQUcwqc&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”A classic skit on the “retro encabulator” device being described” description=”A classic skit on the “retro encabulator” device being described”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”aW2LvQUcwqc&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”A classic skit on the “retro encabulator” device being described”]2:00
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”nZicIErCBmw&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Tech Jargon—Unmasked and Mocked” description=”Tech Jargon—Unmasked and Mocked”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”nZicIErCBmw&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Tech Jargon—Unmasked and Mocked”]2:03
After Chapter 6: Section 3:
6.2 Videos Vagueness

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”Sl8Shl0jaak&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Prof. Handke on types of vagueness in natural language” description=”Prof. Handke on types of vagueness in natural language”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”Sl8Shl0jaak&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Prof. Handke on types of vagueness in natural language”]11:10
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”brz8tIYV1U8&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Profs. Rich and Cline on vagueness and the Sorites paradox” description=”Profs. Rich and Cline on vagueness and the Sorites paradox”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”brz8tIYV1U8&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Profs. Rich and Cline on vagueness and the Sorites paradox”]5:19
After Chapter 6: Section 4:
6.3 Videos Loaded Language

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”voJszy317mk&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”ChangeMyMind lecture on loaded language and name-calling” description=”ChangeMyMind lecture on loaded language and name-calling”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”voJszy317mk&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”ChangeMyMind lecture on loaded language and name-calling”]8:52
6.4 Tutorial Identifying Question-begging Language 10 points
6.5 Quiz Identifying Question-begging Language Points = 20 x Percent Score
6.6 Tutorial Identifying Fallacies of Faulty Assumption (Loaded Question and Question-begging Language) 10 points
6.7 Quiz Identifying Fallacies of Faulty Assumption (Loaded Question and Question-begging Language) Points = 20 x Percent Score
After Chapter 6: Section 5:
6.8 Videos Understatement and Exaggeration

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”vjDq1Nf9ljk&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Let’sTalk lecture on understatement vs. exaggeration” description=”Let’sTalk lecture on understatement vs. exaggeration”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”vjDq1Nf9ljk&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Let’sTalk lecture on understatement vs. exaggeration”]10:53
6.9 Videos Fallacies of Ambiguity

  1. Ambiguity
    • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”rLhMgMMBc2U&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Fast Philosophy lecture on vagueness and ambiguity” description=”Fast Philosophy lecture on vagueness and ambiguity”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”rLhMgMMBc2U&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Fast Philosophy lecture on vagueness and ambiguity”]2:41
    • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”yFHFAgIIk1Q&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”TeachPhilosophy on the difference between vagueness and philosophy” description=”TeachPhilosophy on the difference between vagueness and philosophy”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”yFHFAgIIk1Q&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”TeachPhilosophy on the difference between vagueness and philosophy”]3:06
    • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”cYYUteTBtxo&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Prof. Handke on the nature and types of ambiguity” description=”Prof. Handke on the nature and types of ambiguity”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”cYYUteTBtxo&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Prof. Handke on the nature and types of ambiguity”]21:27
    • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”SmlBkyaDX-I&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Prof. Koehl on fallacies of ambiguity” description=”Prof. Koehl on fallacies of ambiguity”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”SmlBkyaDX-I&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Prof. Koehl on fallacies of ambiguity”]15:02
  2. Equivocation
    • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”kXlIAXx5TXE&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Carneades.org lecture on the fallacy of equivocation” description=”Carneades.org lecture on the fallacy of equivocation”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”kXlIAXx5TXE&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Carneades.org lecture on the fallacy of equivocation”]1:30
    • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”airT-m9LcoY&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”The great comedians Abbot and Costello had a classic Vaudeville routine, called “Who’s on First”, an extended take-off on Lewis Carroll’s use of “Nobody” as a name, which they performed for years on radio, and later TV” description=”The great comedians Abbot and Costello had a classic Vaudeville routine, called “Who’s on First”, an extended take-off on Lewis Carroll’s use of “Nobody” as a name, which they performed for years on radio, and later TV”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”airT-m9LcoY&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”The great comedians Abbot and Costello had a classic Vaudeville routine, called “Who’s on First”, an extended take-off on Lewis Carroll’s use of “Nobody” as a name, which they performed for years on radio, and later TV”]6:10
    • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”K0Jg7pvVzKk&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Jimmy Fallon, Billy Crystal, and Jerry Seinfeld did a remake of the Abbot/Costello routine not long back” description=”Jimmy Fallon, Billy Crystal, and Jerry Seinfeld did a remake of the Abbot/Costello routine not long back”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”K0Jg7pvVzKk&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Jimmy Fallon, Billy Crystal, and Jerry Seinfeld did a remake of the Abbot/Costello routine not long back”]2:58
    • Wikipedia has a nice discussion of the use of ambiguity in other, earlier comedy routines
  3. Accent
    • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”dQZtd0QqgEQ&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Misleading Advertising? Beales Department Store” description=”Misleading Advertising? Beales Department Store”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”dQZtd0QqgEQ&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Misleading Advertising? Beales Department Store”]4:54
    • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”3krzNPQUZ38&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”The Fine Print: Inside a Go Public investigation of misleading ads” description=”The Fine Print: Inside a Go Public investigation of misleading ads”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”3krzNPQUZ38&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”The Fine Print: Inside a Go Public investigation of misleading ads”]5:04
    • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”yjSzZPAVC4A&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Hyundai Sued For Misleading Consumers With MPG Claims” description=”Hyundai Sued For Misleading Consumers With MPG Claims”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”yjSzZPAVC4A&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Hyundai Sued For Misleading Consumers With MPG Claims”]3:35
    • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”5rI1zmug7pg&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Always Read The Fine Print” description=”Always Read The Fine Print”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”5rI1zmug7pg&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Always Read The Fine Print”]2:05
    • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”IleyA606mXg&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Fibe internet service advertising misleads customers” description=”Fibe internet service advertising misleads customers”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”IleyA606mXg&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Fibe internet service advertising misleads customers”]4:48
    • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”8995a64F9I4&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Understanding the Fine Print in Automotive Advertising” description=”Understanding the Fine Print in Automotive Advertising”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”8995a64F9I4&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Understanding the Fine Print in Automotive Advertising”]2:04
    • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”71LHCBZPbMI&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Fruit Juice Rip Offs and what official really cares?” description=”Fruit Juice Rip Offs and what official really cares?”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”71LHCBZPbMI&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Fruit Juice Rip Offs and what official really cares?”]3:11
  4. Composition
    • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”gE4IW_0GKNQ&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Carneades.org lecture on the composition fallacy” description=”Carneades.org lecture on the composition fallacy”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”gE4IW_0GKNQ&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Carneades.org lecture on the composition fallacy”]1:36
    • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”8K9v3lAPP4I&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Prof. Sadler on the fallacy of composition” description=”Prof. Sadler on the fallacy of composition”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”8K9v3lAPP4I&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Prof. Sadler on the fallacy of composition”]16:56
  5. Division
    • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”2bgjZxs7wYk&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Carneades.org on the division fallacy” description=”Carneades.org on the division fallacy”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”2bgjZxs7wYk&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Carneades.org on the division fallacy”]1:42
    • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”YUXHPyl3wfQ&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Prof. Sadler on the fallacy of division” description=”Prof. Sadler on the fallacy of division”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”YUXHPyl3wfQ&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Prof. Sadler on the fallacy of division”]12:05
6.10 Tutorial Identifying Ambiguous Sentences 10 points
6.11 Quiz Identifying Ambiguous Sentences Points = 20 x Percent Score
6.12 Tutorial Identifying Fallacies of Ambiguity 16 points
6.13 Quiz Identifying Fallacies of Ambiguity Points = 32 x Percent Score
After Chapter 6: Section 9:
6.14 Quiz Cumulative Quiz: Identifying Fallacies of Faulty Assumption and Ambiguity Points = 60 x Percent Score
6.15 Tutorial Chapter 6 Concept Review 20 points