ARGUMENTS VS EXPLANATIONS EXPLANATIONS An explanation is a group of statements that try to show how or why something is or will be the case. Specifically‚ we use an explanation when we try to explain what makes a claim true. The event or the phenomenon in question is usually accepted as a matter of fact. Explanations do NOT prove why something is the case. Every explanation is composed of two parts: The explanandum (a statement that describes the event that is supposed to be explained)‚ and
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The banana is a fruit surrounded by an enormous amount of history about its origin. The banana derives from Southeast Asia‚ specifically from the jungles of Malaysia‚ the Philippines and Indonesia‚ places where bananas are still produced today. The general belief is that in the middle ages Arabs brought the fruit to Africa’s oriental region via Madagascar. The fruit was later transported to the west coast by Portuguese missioners‚ where the fruit had great success due to the tropical humid environmental
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The Problem of Evil The problem of evil has a long history in the argument against the existence of God. The question posed is often this: If God is all-powerful and all-loving‚ then how and why can He allow evil to exist in the world? This is one of the hardest arguments to combat against from a Christian standpoint‚ because‚ in reality‚ often times‚ we find ourselves wondering the same thing. There are quite a few responses to the problem of evil from a Christian standpoint‚ most of them are
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Definition of child labour: Child labour is the work performed by a child that is likely to be harmful to their health or physical‚ mental‚ spiritual‚ moral or social development. Facts about child labour: According to the definition of the International Labour Organisation (ILO)‚ there are about 218 million child labourers in the world today of course no one likes the fact that children work and do not go to school. But despite the facts that child labour is considered regrettable all
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differences and come together to deescalate the effects climate change is having on the world. One of the biggest arguments made against global warming is that the Earth’s climate has always gone through phases where it warmed and cooled and that the 20th-century rise in global temperature is just an example
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Due Date: __________________ Antigone By Sophocles Essay Assignment Select ONE of the following topics to develop fully in a short essay. Be sure to answer the question in its entirety using evidence from the text. The topic is worth 100 points. Be sure to follow the proper essay form including an introductory paragraph with a thesis statement (underline your thesis statement)‚ supporting body paragraphs (at least three)‚ and a concluding paragraph where you restate your purpose and
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Manliness Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in India where he spent his early childhood before his family returned to England. He is most famous for his prose writing. The Jungle Book has had lasting popularity‚ both as a story and in film adaptations. Kipling travelled widely and wrote travel articles as well as poetry. In 1907 he was the first English writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and the youngest writer to receive it. Kipling composed the poem in 1909 while living in
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I know that studies are very important for students because it prepares then for real life. Many students now in college are taking advantage that they are away from their families‚ and instead of studying they prefer to hang out with friends even they have some little obligation to do. But not knowing that real life is when you graduated in college and start earning money. And soon it comes the problems‚ struggles. College students like me are experiencing such stressful nights of studying
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All you need is love “All you need is love”‚ it’s perfectly described by the Beatles‚ and indeed it is. Love‚ the greatest gift of all‚ the most important thing for every single one of us. Loving your friends‚ your family‚ your pets‚ or‚ especially‚ that precious boy or girl‚ man or woman. It’s the phenethylamine that makes us fall in love and gives us that incredible feeling when we see a special person. After a few years our body gets used to that hormone and the endorfines in our brain take
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Noun 1. the act or process of communicating; fact of being communicated. 2. the imparting or interchange of thoughts‚ opinions‚ or information by speech‚ writing‚ or signs. 3. something imparted‚ interchanged‚ or transmitted. 4. a document or message imparting news‚ views‚ information‚ etc. 5. passage‚ or an opportunity or means of passage‚ between places. 6. communications. means of sending messages‚ orders‚ etc.‚ including telephone‚ telegraph‚ radio‚ and television. routes
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