Thursday, February 26, 2009

Fallicies in Adolf Hitler

In Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf (letters he wrote in prison) there are many fallacies. The fallacy that stood out to me the most was known as "Attacking the man". This is a fallacy is pretty much a false claim in an argument that could fool an individual. In the letters, Hitler is trying to persuade his audience about a lot of different views. And of course, he does contradict himself. In the claim Hitler makes at the beginning of his letters is one that he says it too obvious that it shouldn't have to be stated but for the sake of the people he will state it. And in this case, he is saying that he is more superior because he is able to know while others are too stupid and they need him to tell them, when apparently it is quite obvious. This fallacy makes it so that the audience reading this will buy into what Hitler is saying, because "obviously" he knows everything and is so right about it all. (That was sarcastic... Just so you know.)

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