Friday, December 5, 2014
Post Hoc in Chapter 2
In class today we talked about a few types of fallacies. Chapter 2 contains an example of a post hoc fallacy where Schlosser associates the similarities between Kroc and Disney's successes as a result of Kroc copying Disney. Although this is entirely possible, The claim is not supported by the text and leaves room for error. Both founders were very successful in their own endeavors because they knew strategies towards recognition by the public. This could be a result of two men finding out similar tactics on their own, not one replicating the other. This fallacy slightly discredits the author and questions the validity of his statements towards the progresses of the fast food industry.
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It is extremely important for authors to back their statements with hard facts so as to keep all their other arguments reliable to the reader. I believe it is more likely that Kroc used similar tactics as Disney but did not copy them. If they copied the same marketing ploys Disney would have been using them for longer and Kroc and Disney would not have had similar levels of success with it. If the author had backed his statements with unquestionable facts I would have been forced to sway my opinion.
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