addressing our argument to a group of representatives from corporate companies in the country. In 2011 we successfully held a fundraising event which helped us raise enough funding to support the activities of our organization. We used the funding to buy the healthiest vegetables from local farmers and purchase only the naturally raised meat. While our goal is to fight hunger in the country‚ we also maintain an eco-friendly outlook. A clear statement of purpose for the argument After the financial
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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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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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outlines his Ontological argument in the form of a prayer spoken directly to God. As a firm believer in God‚ Anselm wished to prove God’s existence and confirm his strong faith by using logic and reason. The Ontological argument is a priori and is based on deductive reasoning because it seeks to prove the existence of God from the understanding of the attributes of the God of classical theism. Chapter Two of the Proslogion introduces Anselm’s argument. The first part of the argument focuses on the definition
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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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Teleology is an argument of God’s existence following the evidence of order defined as the design of nature. Teleological arguments also known as arguments from design‚ explain the order in the universe to the existence of God. The universe is believed to be ordered towards some end or a certain purpose. It is more reasonable to suggest that the universe was created by an intelligent being to accomplish a purpose rather than it being there by chance (McGrath‚ 2010). The teleological argument has been used
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Argument for Paying College Athletes Stephen Elting Mercy College Have you ever heard of a business that made billions of dollars‚ yet did not pay their employees? Seems pretty remarkable doesn’t it? Well this business is known as the NCAA. According to an article in the New York Times‚ the NCAA made $770 million from just the three-week Men’s Basketball Tournament‚ but how much did the athletes who participated in said tournament receive? If you said zero
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recipients involved. My argument proceeds in four sections: In the first section‚ I articulate Singer’s argument. In the second section‚ I show that Singer’s argument is invalid as it relies on the premise that donation to charity organisations will prevent bad without considering the inadequacies of human nature and hence making it a false premise. In the third section‚ I offer a response on Singer’s behalf by explaining that the objection offered earlier is a slippery slope argument that relies on doomsday
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