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Logos = Logic
Logos = Logic
The use of logic, rationality, and critical reasoning to persuade.
The use of logic, rationality, and critical reasoning to persuade.
Logos appeals to the mind and seeks to persuade the reader intellectually.
Logos appeals to the mind and seeks to persuade the reader intellectually.
EXAMPLES:
- Facts
- Statistics
- If, then... statements
- Definitions
- Cause and effect
It focuses on the message the writer/speaker is trying to get across to the audience.
It focuses on the message the writer/speaker is trying to get across to the audience.
Logos shows its consistency and clarity in arguments while using data to support their claims.
Logos shows its consistency and clarity in arguments while using data to support their claims.
Fallacies of Logos:
- Draw conclusions from untrustworthy evidence.
- Giving the half truth of a statement.
- Not providing proof for your claim, but requiring proof from your opponent.
- Confusing chronology with causation.
- Presenting a statement even when it doesn’t relate to the statement prior to it.
- Creating inappropriate, misleading, or inaccurate comparisons between two things.
- Having a lack of context so the intended meaning of an idea is distorted.
- Giving a lot of evidence to one issue to the point of distortion.
- Having an argument that supports both sides by using emotionally sensitive terms.
- Discussing an argument extensively to the point where your audience is tired of hearing about it.
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