In Chapter 11 of Hitler's book, the dictator spoke on nation and race, making dozens of false claims.
One thing he begins to talk about is how we as a human population are similar to nature's organisms such as the finch. This is an example of one of the fallacies called "False Analogy" . This is when an analogy is descriptive, but does not offer evidence of a connection between two things compared. Here, Mr. Hitler is comparing these animals to humans saying that this stronger species that dominate in nature is quintessential of us. However, the problem here is that humans do not have a subspecies like animals do. Therefore, although we are animals, we can't really accurately be compared to them in order to create a strong argument/claim.
This man makes many statements that could be listed under a section for fallacies. Other examples would be his argument on Aryan blood's dominance, and how it "shows with terrifying clarity", yet provides no evidence at all. This would go under the fallacy of "Begging the Question" in which Adolf assumes it to already be true.
He also uses Mother Nature as a "faulty use of authority" to prove that "She" has created the system that way and it is to not be questioned. Here he obviously attempts to add faulse credibility to her.
How smart of him...
One thing he begins to talk about is how we as a human population are similar to nature's organisms such as the finch. This is an example of one of the fallacies called "False Analogy" . This is when an analogy is descriptive, but does not offer evidence of a connection between two things compared. Here, Mr. Hitler is comparing these animals to humans saying that this stronger species that dominate in nature is quintessential of us. However, the problem here is that humans do not have a subspecies like animals do. Therefore, although we are animals, we can't really accurately be compared to them in order to create a strong argument/claim.
This man makes many statements that could be listed under a section for fallacies. Other examples would be his argument on Aryan blood's dominance, and how it "shows with terrifying clarity", yet provides no evidence at all. This would go under the fallacy of "Begging the Question" in which Adolf assumes it to already be true.
He also uses Mother Nature as a "faulty use of authority" to prove that "She" has created the system that way and it is to not be questioned. Here he obviously attempts to add faulse credibility to her.
How smart of him...
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