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    Tell Tale Heart “‚ published in 1843‚ describes‚ in a harried brusque tone‚ the effects of guilt and how the truth will always be revealed. With the use of superficial logos to reveal the deteriorating mental state of the narrator and his twisted reasoning‚ random repetition to show his fascination on detail and rising panic when guilt begins to set in‚ and juxtaposition to show the narrator’s contradicting and confused concept of love and hate‚ Poe himself narrates the fall of a psychopath at the

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    Questions Part 1 – Select an article that is persuasive in nature. Newspaper editorials would be a good source. Read the article carefully. It must be an article that presents an argument which you know is flawed. On a clear copy of the article‚ highlight the main conclusion and the premises that the writer puts forward. Part 2 – Reproduce the premises and conclusion. You may have to paraphrase the ideas so they form complete sentences and remember that one conclusion could serve as a premise for

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    ADR 502 Administrative Tribunals- September 26‚ 2013 Course Work: Presentation 10-15mins Extent of Procedural Fairness for Tribunals -Tribunals deal in both rights and interests -Parties pursue rights -Interest relate to third parties effected directly by issue being heard‚ therefore may be given standing/intervener status -Supreme Court of Canada: Nicholson case expended interests (http://scc.lexum.org/decisia-scc-csc/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/5543/index.do) -Tribunals there to protect

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    irrelevant-where it does and does not support the statement (Bassham‚ 2002). After reading over the different fallacies‚ I have decided to pick the following three since I believe they happen more than not without anyone noticing they are doing it. Attacking the person- this fallacy falls under fallacy of relevance where one may attack the arguer rather than the argument itself. However not all personal attacks are fallacies‚ to be considered a fallacy‚ (1) an arguer rejects another person ’s argument

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    1. Question : Inferring a claim based on data is deductive logic‚ but what happens when the inference circumvents logical reasoning?   Student Answer: No one will understand you.   A fallacy has been committed.   One has proven to be a good logician.   One ought to use inductive reasoning.   The syllogism is sound.   Instructor Explanation: Tutorial   Points Received: 4 of 4   Comments: Question 2. Question : A car salesman says this‚

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    saying that the US attacking another country that did nothing to them. Then you could say it is okay for another country attacking the U.S. for no particular reason. The article says that if you would have thought it to be morally permissible for the US to preventatively attack a country then it would be ok for another country to attack the U.S. I thought this article was a good component to explain how the golden rule works even though it talks about war it provides good reasoning that the golden

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    The significance of fallacies in critical thinking is important to understand so that clear and concise arguments can be made on a logical‚ factual level instead of one that is proliferated with emotions and illogical reasoning. The basis of these fallacies are dependent on critical thinking according to discussions in which the parties may not agree on a situation or one element is attempting to convince another of making a decision. The point of this type of disagreement is to give reasons in

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    He doesn’t know if she didn’t have a good time or not‚ but insists that that is the case. Gatsby states also that Daisy has to tell Tom she never loved him. Almost as if it is required she do this. This is an example of another fallacy called faulty sign. Gatsby thinks the only Daisy can leave Tom is by telling him she never love him‚ instead of perhaps saying she no longer loves him. Gatsby shows that he really does mean this in the next scene where Tom and Gatsby argue about who Daisy loves

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    There are many different kinds of addictions‚ from alcohol to substance abuse; but not all are drugs of some kind. Addiction is defined as “to a state in which the body relies on a substance for normal functioning”. The various addictions vary but several theories claim to give explanations to the modelling of addiction. Genetic theories‚ exposure theories (both biological and conditioning)‚ and adaptation theories. Biological model - According to this model‚ biological factors within the individual

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    The first thing fans need to know about Tomorrow when the war began is that the movie is significantly better than the trailer suggests. The movie‚ a version of John Marsden’s maiden book in the exciting series‚ Tomorrow‚ was directed by Australian award winning director‚ Stuart Bettie. The picture-worthy Australian themed set design complements the selfless companion-ship and love between the friends‚ which is the extraordinary structure that the movie is built on. Tomorrow‚ When the War Began follows

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