An Tran Professor Nathan Poage PHIL 1301 July 15‚ 2013 Apology: Is Socrates Guilty or Innocent? The Apology is Plato’s accurate depiction of the Socrates’ own defense at the trial provoked by Meletus. However‚ besides current accusers‚ Socrates has to speak out to defense against former accusers who have created prejudices of him for long time. Former accusers prosecute Socrates for “studying things in the sky and below the earth” and “[making] the worse into the stronger argument” (Plato 18b-c)
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Fallacies in an Argument The essay “ Death” written by an anonymous author; presented in the text Read‚ Reason‚ Write published in the year 2008‚ is an example of a fallacious argument. In “Death” the author endorses the death penalty as a viable option for New York. This essay was written as a rebuttal to the editorial titled “New York on the Brink” that was posted in the Washington post it suggested that New York should not advocate the death penalty as law. The author argues that
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There are numerous charges against Socrates in the reading of The Apology. The basic charges against him include impiety‚ corrupting the youth‚ and theorizing about unknown topics. He does not believe in the gods that the state does‚ and therefore seeks for natural explanations to processes that occur in the world around him. He did not recognize the gods and introduced other new divinities. Socrates was charged with corrupting the youth. Due to the constant asking of questions and inquiry‚ it lead
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WHAT IS FALLACY: A "fallacy" is a mistake‚ and a "logical" fallacy is a mistake in reasoning. There are‚ of course‚ other types of mistake than mistakes in reasoning. For instance‚ factual mistakes are sometimes referred to as "fallacies". However‚ the Fallacy Files is specifically concerned‚ not with factual errors‚ but with logical ones. In logic‚ the term "fallacy" is used in two related‚ but distinct ways. For example: 1. "Argumentum ad Hominem is a fallacy." 2. "Your argument is a
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Associate Level Material Appendix D Assumptions and Fallacies Write a 150- to 200-word response to each of the following questions: • What are assumptions? How do you think assumptions might interfere with critical thinking? What might you do to avoid making assumptions in your thinking? • What are fallacies? How are fallacies used in written‚ oral‚ and visual arguments? What might you do to avoid fallacies in your thinking? Cite and reference any sourced material consistent with
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love is a fallacy An Analysis of Max Shulman’s Love is a Fallacy Robert de la Rosa South Texas College Ms. Laura Steinert English 1302.W06 October 21‚ 2008 Fallacious Woman: An Analysis of Max Shulman’s Love is a Fallacy Reading is a favorite past time of many people in the world. It has the power to transport the reader to other places and times that he might never be able to see. Reading can even take the reader to places that do not exist‚ or places that once did but will never
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The narrator of the story “Love is a Fallacy” relates to a freshman student in law school‚ intelligent‚ egocentric person‚ and outgoing always thinking he was logical. As the narrator showed us some fallacies throughout the story‚ he was outsmarted by Polly. What are some of the impressions that I made from reading Love is a Fallacy is that he favors appearance as how a cool‚ logical lawyer must have a beautiful and intelligent wife‚ friendship‚ and it depicts on being materialistic. The narrator
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Socrates made his defenses against accuses in the dialogue of Apology. In his own way‚ he organizes his statements together in the first two sentences of the dialogue. He expresses his opinions through the sentences; He shows his attitudes towards to the jury men; He also introduced that he would state how the accusers affected the jury men in a negative way. Socrates introduced his first topic by his first sentence‚ “I do not know‚” . Socrates was the wisest man in ancient Greece at that time
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against his father. The two men discussion the natures of both piety and justice. Their conversation ending when Socrates proves to Euthyphro that his (Euthyphro’s) actions are not what he believes them to be‚ and Euthyphro leaves in confusion. The Apology‚ which is a second dialog of Plato‚ represent of Socrates’s speech that he proclaims at the trial in which he is
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Analysis of the Fear of Death In Plato’s Apology: A Defense of Socrates was assumed to serve as Socrates’ trial for his being a fink and shady practices with the youth. Socrates safeguarded himself in a way that he was solely operating assistance to the god that claimed that he was more knowledgeable than everyone else. This defiance didn’t function‚ and he didn’t win the trial. Socrates continued defending during the ruling allocation of the trial‚ which lead to him being condemned to death‚ and
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