Week 6-Dani Reed

         Heinrich introduces us to what illogical fallacies are and I found some of them in Eating Animals but I also found things that were not fallacies. One of these non-fallacies is “appeal to authority” which makes the argument that says if someone with authority says something, it must be true. Foer does not commit this when he uses “C” to show him around farms. In the middle of chapter 5 Foer brings in C’s viewpoint and he says that he is not a radical and explains how and why he is so interested in the way animals are treated. He explained how he tried to contact farms and since they were no help with giving information, he started looking for himself and just never really stopped. This helps the readers because it does not just have us believe what he says because we think he is of authority since he breaks into farms a lot to see the mistreatment of animals. Foer has C explain what kinds of role he plays with farms and that makes the fallacy of “appeal to authority” not occur.

            Another fallacy that Foer does not commit is “burden of proof” which is saying that something it true if there is no one to disapprove. Everything C says about farming may be true but not the only way to look at it. Foer brings in an anonymous viewpoint from a factory farmer that tries to defend his position. It really showed me how something can be looked at in two totally different ways. This factory farmer talked about that if they did not treat animals this way that there would not be enough meat for everyone and not everyone would be able to afford it. By Foer showing this side it shows how C’s version of something may not be the only truth, the reader kind of got to pick what side they agreed with more.