Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Fallacy

Example of a Logical Fallacy

I believe that some preconceptions of college are examples of fallacy. For example when I came to summer orientation here in Miami we met a group of students called SOULS. They basically introduced Miami to us, but not in a professional cordial way. Souls are super excited, full of energy and say everything with enthusiasm. So when I saw the 20 or so souls behaving this way, it made me think that all Miami students loved this college and shared the same excitement as the SOULS. Of course my assumption is not logically correct, therefore causing me to be guilty of committing a Hasty Generalization.

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