refers to the arguments as "proofs"‚ which means that he is trying to insinuate that these arguments are not scientifically proven and are not based on facts. A proof is a statement that is unquestionable and lead to an end. He also implies that the arguments cannot definitely establish the case for God‚ so therefore they should be abandoned because this way he can use that term to make the argument that God exists less plausible. Specifically‚ the cosmological argument‚ teleological argument‚ and arguments
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Making a good argument:Paraphrase the three parts of argument in your notes1.Claim – The claim states your position in‚ as well as the main idea of an argument.2.Data – The data in an argument is any type of evidence that supports your claim/position. It may be an expert’s opinion‚ your own logical reasoning‚ statistics‚ or facts‚ as well as graphics.3.Warrant – The warrant is what connects your claim to your evidence and explains why your position is correct. It also explains the conclusion to be
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Fallacies are defects that have the power to weaken an argument. Fallacious arguments are much more common than we may think‚ and they tend be persuasive to the casual listener or reader. Politicians‚ celebrities‚ and advertisement commercials constantly make use of them. As an example of a fallacy‚ I’m going to use the Hollywood celebrity Alec Baldwin in the commercial for Hulu. Alec Baldwin is known for his success in the movie industry. His career began on television in an NBC soap opera called
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Solving Spring 2013 Assignment 1 Short Argument (10%=Constructing A Short Argument) Purpose of Assignment • This is an individual assignment. • This assignment will help students understand the argumentation process involved in critical thinking. This assignment will also help students recognize key features and concepts in particular aspects of argumentation. Objectives • To help students articulate a short argument. • To help students understand key terms and
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-“The Principles of Nature and of Grace‚ Based on Reason” His conclusion was that the answer is to be found‚ not in the universe of created things‚ but in God. God exists necessarily and is the explanation why anything else exists. LEIBNIZ’s Argument There are 3 basic premises in his reasoning: 1. Everything that exists has an explanation of its existence. 2. If the universe has an explanation of its existence‚ that explanation is God. 3. The universe exists. From these premises one could
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Glossary An argument web is an argument which is both multi-reason and multi-layer. A chain of reasoning is a multi-layer argument. Usually the term is applied to arguments with more than two layers. A claim is a proposition put forward by somebody as true. A proposition is an idea which is either true or false. Collectively exhaustive (CE): Within a group‚ considerations should cover all the relevant‚ serious arguments; they should leave no gaps. CE is the second aspect of the MECE rule. A conclusion
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In the second part of the reading by William Lane Craig and James D. Sinclair‚ the authors give reasons to support the kalam cosmological argument. Overall‚ they provided good arguments to support their claims. There was one part of the passage that I had a different idea on. There was a passage where the authors used a boiling kettle as an analogy to the universe. The authors reasoned that there were two explanations to the question‚ “Why is the kettle boiling?” One being a scientific explanation
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John Greavu Mark Herr Philosophy 1002 12 November 2012 The Façade of the Teleological Argument In Accordance with David Hume’s “Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion” The Teleological argument for the existence of God seems strikingly compelling at first glance‚ but greatly weakens once it becomes subjected to intense discourse. This argument‚ also referred to as the “design argument”‚ is an a posteriori argument claiming that through observation of the universe we can discover evidence of intelligent
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Cosmological Argument The cosmological argument is the argument that the existence of the world or universe is strong evidence for the existence of a God who created it. The existence of the universe‚ the argument claims‚ stands in need of explanation‚ and the only adequate explanation of its existence is that it was created by God. Like most arguments for the existence of God‚ the cosmological argument exists in several forms; two are discussed here: the temporal‚ kalam cosmological argument (i.e. the
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The argument that there is no cataleptic impression is a sound argument based on the four claims given to us. When an impression is said to be cataleptic it means that it is so true that it cannot be doubted. Each given premise can be deemed true through reasoning; and through that very logic‚ we come to conclude that the argument against cataleptic impressions is a valid one. The arguments are as follows: 1. Some impressions are true and others false. 2. A false impression is not cataleptic. 3.
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