Persuasive Speech Outline M. Stevenson Saddleback Community College Speech - Instructor Smith The Galapagos Islands: Our best opportunity to learn about life‚ and how it began. I. Describe the diversity of life forms found in the area. A. Reptiles – accidental relocation 1. Snakes 2. Tortoises 3. Marine Iguanas B. Mammals – accidental relocation as well as brought by humans 1. (Goats‚ Pigs‚ Dogs‚ Donkeys‚ Cows) C. Birds – flew from other locations
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In recent decades‚ Charles Darwin’s explanation of evolution through natural selection has been challenged by an alternative theory called‚ Intelligent Design or Creationism. A growing number of science teachers and school boards are struggling with how to present students with the facts‚ even acknowledging the existence of an argument has become controversial. In the past‚ people believed that some features in nature that of the world‚ such as some features of living things‚ are explained better
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and other researchers to perform ethnographic field studies to learn about cultures. A researcher known as George Stocking Jr. wrote‚ “Social evolutionism is best seen as a synthesis of monogenism and polygenism.” (Jacobson 143) Like Stocking‚ Charles Darwin studied native tribes to help find answers for his theories on classical evolutionism. Classical evolutionism involved many assumptions in order to sift through the time-lapse of developing humanity. One assumption dealt with the mechanisms and
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its values: rather‚ his critique was proposed as “culture free.” According to Spencer‚ it applied to all people for it was derived from basic‚ organic principles of growth and development. Spencer applied to society the same principles that Charles Darwin saw in biological life – hence the name‚
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Stephen Gould Country he lived in: New York Dates the scientist lived: September 10‚ 1941-May 20‚ 2002 Main findings‚ publications‚ and contributions: One of his best known theories‚ argued that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than a steady process of slow change. This theory‚ known as punctuated equilibrium‚ was part of Gould’s work that brought a forsaken paleontological perspective to the evolutionary mainstream. Popular books by Gould include ’’Wonderful
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the pacific ocean near the equator. The Galapagos are a part of the Ecuador. It’s a home to vast array of plants and animals. This area is not only rich with diversity but a place to be vigilantly protected. It was by the year 1835 when Charles Darwin made his discoveries about the species that were thought before to be immutable to be now part of the “Darwin’s theory of Natural Selection” which says that the species adapt according to their environment‚ that the Islands gained a lot of
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Social Darwinism‚ but as with any form of philosophy‚ there was also adverse reaction. According to Britannica the definition for Social Darwinism is‚ “the theory that persons‚ groups‚ and races are subject to the same laws of natural selection as Charles Darwin had perceived in plants and animals in nature.” Social Darwinism also encompassed the “survival of the fittest” idea‚ which was where the poor and weak and not suitable to be in society‚ and the rich were fit to live. Social Darwinism was helpful
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to supplies and demand. Charles Darwin was influenced by both Smith and Malthus‚ and thus Darwin‚ continued the conversation on the‚ “Struggle for existence‚” in nature. Darwin determined that as population outgrew resources‚ “favourable variations would tend to be preserved and infavourable ones to be destroyed.” Darwin thus theorized that the result of this would be the formation of new species‚ more fit to survive due to this concept of natural selection. Darwin set out his theory of evolution
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copies sold out almost immediately. It was “an enormous success.” Second‚ third‚ and fourth editions were published the same year (1802). Fifth and sixth editions were published in 1808. Twelve more editions were published between 1816 and 1822. Charles Darwin read and was influenced by the book. Chapter I. State of the argument. Paley makes his analogical argument for the existence of a deity. The analogy is implicit until Chapter III‚ where Paley makes it explicit. The watch is supposed to be analogous
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a) Explain key ideas in the Design Argument for the existence of God. (30 Marks) b) Assess the view that science has made the Design Argument a failure. (15 Marks) “With such signs of forethought in the design of living creature‚ can you doubt they are the work of choice or design?” (Socrates) The Design argument looks at the order and purpose‚ or telos‚ in the world and states that it implies that there must be a designer who made the world ‘just right’ for human existence. Religious believers
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