Love is a fallacy.docx

Love is a fallacy.docx

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Loveisafallacy

Polly（narrator）-----Tienna（N）

Petey-----Felicia（F）

Dobie-----Effie（C）

Polly-----Smiley（P）

N:

Hello,ladies,I’mPollyEspy.What?

Youhaveheardofmyname?

Ofcourseyoushouldknowme.Mybeautyiswell-knowninthiscampus.Youdon’tthinkso?

Why?

Well,atleastmypresentboyfriendthinksso,hesaidthathehasadmiredmeforalongtime.Heisafreshmaninlawschool,andheiscute!

HealwaysmentionssomethingthatIhaveneverheardbefore.SoIdumpedmyex-boyfriendPeteyBurch.Oh,todayIhaveadate,lasttimemydeartookmetodinnerandmovie,thistimehesaidhewouldtellmesomethingspecial.Whatwillthatbe?

Oh,Igonnabelate,mustgonow!

ActⅠ

C（walkingontheroad,monologue）:

LastdateItookPollytorestaurantandmovie.Thisgirlcouldonlysay“Gee,thatwasadelishdinner!

Gee,thatwasamarvymovie!

Gee,Ihadasensayshtime!

”Gosh,whatIwantisabeautiful,gracious,intelligentwoman.Beautifulsheis,gracioussheis,howeverintelligenthasnobusinesswithher.Thisgirllacksinformationterribly.Merelysupplyherwithinformationwouldneverbeenough.First,shehadtobetaughttothink.God,thisisareallybigtask!

P（coming）:

Hi,dear！

C：

Polly,hi!

Todaywewilltalkaboutlogic.

P:

Logic?

Magif!

C（clearingthroat）:

Logicisthescienceofthinking.Beforewecanthinkcorrectly,wemustfirstlearntorecognizethecommonfallaciesoflogic.Thesearewhatwewilltakeuptonight.

P:

Byallmeans!

C:

First,letusexaminethefallacycalled“DictoSimpliciter”.（Itmeansanargumentbasedonanunqualifiedgeneralization.Forexample:

Exerciseisgood,thereforeeverybodyshouldexercise.）

P:

Iagree!

Imeanexerciseiswonderful.Imeanitbuildsthebodyandeverything.

C（gentlyspeaking）:

Polly,theargumentisafallacy.“Exerciseisgood”isanunqualifiedgeneralization.Forinstance,ifyouhaveheartdisease,exerciseisbad,notgood.Manypeopleareorderedbytheirdoctorsnottoexercise.Youmustqualifythegeneralization.Youmustsayexerciseisusuallygood,orexerciseisgoodformostpeople.OtherwiseyouhavecommittedDictoSimpliciter.Doyousee?

P:

No,butthisismarvy.Domore!

Domore!

C:

NextcomesPostHoc.Listentothis:

let’snottakeBillinourpicnic.Everytimewetakehimoutwithus,itrains.

P:

Iknowsomebodylikethat.Agirlbackhome—EulaBecker,hernameis.Itneverfails.Everysingletimewetakeheronapicnic。

C:

Polly,it’safallacy.EulaBeckerdoesn’tcausetherain.Shehasnoconnectionwiththerain.YouareguiltyofPostHocifyoublameEulaBecker.

P:

I’llneverdothatagain.Areyoumadatme?

C:

No,Polly,I’mnotmad.

P:

Thentellmemoreaboutfallacies.

N:

Nextevening,westilltalkaboutfallacies.

C:

OurfirstfallacytonightiscalledAdMisericordiam.

P:

（noddingheadwithadelight）

C:

Listenclosely.Amanappliesforajob.Whenthebossaskshimwhathisqualificationsare,herepliesthathehasawifeandsixchildrenathome.Thewifeisahelplesscripple.Thechildrenhavenothingtoeat,noclothestowear,noshoesontheirfeet,therearenobedsinthehouse,nocoalinthecellar,andwinteriscoming.

P:

（sobbed）oh,thisisawful,awful.

C:

Yes,it’sawful.Butit’snoargument.Themanneveransweredtheboss’squestionsabouthisqualifications.Instead,heappealedtotheboss’ssympathy.HecommittedthefallacyofAdMisericordiam.Doyouunderstand?

P:

Haveyougotahandkerchief?

（stillsobbing）

C:

（handhandkerchiefandlowhisheaddeeplyandthink）

NowIreally,reallywanttogivethisgirlbacktoPetey,shesimplyhadalogic-proofhead!

Onemorechance!

Justonemorechance!

C:

ThenextfallacyiscalledPoisoningthewell.

P:

Howcute!

（gurgling）

C:

Twomenarehavingadebate.Thefirstonegetsupandsays”Myopponentisanotoriousliar.Youcan’tbelieveawordthatheisgoingtosay”

Now,think,Polly,think.Thinkhard.What’swrong?

P:

（frowningeyebrows）It’snotfair.It’snotabitfair.Whatchancehasthesecondmangotifthefirstmancallshimaliarbeforeheevenbeginstalking?

C:

Right!

Onehundredpercentright.It’snotfair.Thefirstmanhaspoisonedthewellbeforeanybodycoulddrinkfromit.Hehashamstrunghisopponentbeforehecouldevenstart.Polly,Iamsoproudofyou!

P:

pshaw（blushingwithpleasure）

C:

Yousee,mydear,thesethingsarenotsohard.Allyouhavetodoisconcentrate.Think-examine-evaluate.Comenow,let’srevieweverythingwehavelearned.

P:

Fireaway!

（wavinghand）

ActⅡ

N:

ThesedaysI’velearnedmanyinterestingfallaciesfrommyboyfriend,likeHastyGeneralization,PostHoc,andContradictoryPremises.Butexceptthese,heisnotsocute.Whoisthatguy？

Oh,heseemslikemyex-boyfriendPetey.Whatishewearing?

Araccooncoat?

Strange.

P:

HeyPetey,whyarewearingaraccooncoat?

That’ssostrange