More Discussion?

I believe that there are actually 2 items that warrant more class time: Analysis of advertising and Analysis of political statements. These are items that affect us daily, and that we are bombarded with. It would be helpful to have significant practice in picking them apart. Perhaps an assignment that involved a review of a political argument in the same way we looked at advertisements might help. However that is not sufficient.


Essentially, this class is an introductory class. I know it is designed to cover a broad spectrum of concepts and applications. It is impossible to work with any one item until it is truly internalized. I think the best we can hope for is to maintain awareness of the general points and some interesting examples that have been presented.

So, I say advertisements and politics – where bad arguments, contradictions, fallacies, innuendo, and strong bias NEED to be recognized for what they are.