A survey performed for a course project in Critical Thinking & Argumentation, Ahmedabad University, Monsoon 2016.

1. KNOWING THE WORLD: NARENDRA MODI
CRITICAL THINKING & ARGUMENTATION
KAIVALYA SHAH, PARTH CHAWLA, SAKSHI SHRIVASTAVA

2. INTRODUCTION / WORKFLOW
1. Selecting the topic
We decided to interview people about the views on Narendra Modi
because most of the Indians know about him and have opinions.
2. Interviewing
We interviewed 17 people.
3. Analyzing
We analyzed 13 interviews.

3. INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
 Kaivalya – 10 interviews, Report compilation
 Parth – 9 interviews, Introduction
 Sakshi – 8 interviews, General Observations

4. CONCEPTS USED - KAIVALYA
 Composition Fallacy:
 I agree with the decisions Modi has taken as the PM, fully because since he came, the
Jan Dhan Yojna, the income declaration scheme then the demonetization that was
recently there. All those were good plans to remove all the terrorism activities, to lower
down the black money count, to remove corruption. All these steps were a good take in
this direction.
 Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy:
 The mentality of Modi connects with the youth like the swachh bharat abhiyaan. We
have seen that other countries are clean so we also want that our country should be
clean.
 Loaded Question:
 Foreign policies are good for ourselves because we have always been India India India
but now we have to gotta grow like America is dealing with every people in small corners
of the world. He went everywhere and when Pakistan attacked us, America, who helped
Pakistan for years, have now said that India did the right thing. We attacked them and
still America said India did the right thing, when is that possible?

5. CONCEPTS USED - PARTH
 Appeal to Emotion:
 The step to reduce the government by Modi was a
good step because I thought so.
 Circular Reasoning:
 The outcome of the demonetization move can be
decided after 1 or 2 months because I think it's
very early to decide on it.

6. CONCEPTS USED – SAKSHI
 Argument from Analogy:
 Indian cricket team won the world cup in 2011 under the captaincy of
Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dhoni led his team to victory. Similarly, it is a BJP
government and lots of people are involved in every aspect but its under one
name, so the captain of the team is Narendra Modi.
 Appeal to Majority:
 If you talk to anyone, any person who analyses the economy, all people say
that Manmohan Singh was dominated by Congress party.
 Non Sequitur:
 Modi is a good PM because he is a nice orator, he is popular enough and he
fulfills all the criteria and has all the basic qualities that one expects from a
PM.

7. THANK YOU