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    Immorality of a Faulty Reality Characters that choose to live in faulty reality create an immoral environment for those closest to them and those who experience their change. For example‚ in a novel or play‚ characters’ immoral behaviors change the perspective on the reader. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare and A Street Car Named Desire by Tennessee Williams are prime examples of this hypothesis. Shylock and Blanche‚ the respective protagonists‚ constantly struggle with their faulty sense of

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    ’Does "Ideal Speech" ever really take place? ’ Introduction Ideal Speech is a philosophical theory developed by scholar Jurgen Habermas. It is a form of communication that is based on norms of truth‚ freedom and justice‚ which underlie the conditions for engaging in understandable and truthful dialogue (Badillo‚ 1991‚ p. 19). It requires what we would think of as "fair play" in dialogue. All participants must have equal opportunity to participate. They must have the right to assert‚ defend or question

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    pornography. The arguer reports back an irrelevant thesis that the Senator is in favour of complete governmental censorship of books‚ magazines and films. 6. Challenge the fallacy. (4 Marks) Explain what is wrong with using this pattern of reasoning with reference to any violations of the 3 criteria for a good argument . State which criteria for a good argument the fallacy violates. Explain what it means to violate that criteria for a good argument (relevancy‚ sufficiency‚ acceptability)

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    how to think critical could jeopardize your argument in reasoning. Critical thinking‚ is analyzing further into a subject to get valid points in an argument. As we all know‚ fallacies are considered flawed ways into having invalid reasons. There are many reasons why fallacies are not very good to use in an argument. However‚ since there is a great quantity of fallacies. I will only discuss two fallacies‚ Faulty Analogy and Bandwagon. Faulty Analogy is a comparison of two divergent subjects. However

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    and designating scapegoats‚ accomplishes the role of making sense out of the traumatic event‚ while alternate theories are shut out of the debate‚ and only gain acceptance much later when the shock effect settles down” [ (Dr. Duke‚ 2012) ]. The reasoning behind this information about people needing to make sense of traumatic events is that people need answers‚ answers that they don’t have to find on their own. Once a person finds some type of

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    response for each of these activities. At the end of the lesson‚ click the link on the final screen to open the Student Answer Sheet. Use the sample answers to evaluate your own work. 1. Propaganda Techniques and Faulty Logic a. Use what you learned about the types of propaganda and faulty logic to create your own examples. Here’s an example of the bandwagon technique‚ which suggests that others should follow the pattern of the majority: “Everyone is trying the bungee jump; you should join us.”

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    The following article was published by Reuters and contains a serious methodological flaw. "WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Brain scans show that the brains of people who are lying look very different from those of people who are telling the truth‚ U.S. researchers said on Monday. The study‚ using functional magnetic resonance imaging or fMRI‚ not only sheds light on what goes on when people lie but may also provide new technology for lie-detecting‚ the researchers said. "There may be unique areas

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    Interesting Quotes from the book * Explaination from the book how each model work and why it is not quite a good idea too rely too much on them * “When the model is too simplistic it might not explain what happened‚ but if it is too complicated‚ the model contains too much noise—just as reality contains too much noise.We all know that we have a financial crisis‚ but we do not immediately see why we have it.” * “The problemis not in themathematics itself. Themodels are inherently logical

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    The loosely applied laws toward certain individual within courts can also point to the faulty system that it is occurring in. The criminal justice system acts as the machine operated by the cogs. Courts often have a culture of lawyers who are socialized to see judges and law as supreme and not too question the outcomes. When lawyers are there to ensure their client is given a fair and speedy trial often you will see they are not there to represent or fight for their client‚ they are there to keep

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    December 3 2013 Faulty Memory Lead Them Astray: A Comparative Essay between the novel Still Alice and the film Away From Her. Everyone knows that life is a series of constant changes‚ however‚ most people underestimate how great an impact one change can have on not only them but also on their family and friends. Alzheimer’s is the slow‚ painful death of an individual`s brain. This bitter journey is shown through stories of two women living with this disease in both the novel Still Alice

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