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    fact‚ the fallacy‚ questions claims made with certainty about what would have happened if a past event or condition would have been different from what is actually was. Fallacies are errors in logical reasoning‚ or when an arguments language is wrong or vague. However‚ many of these errors aren’t determined in the argument until they are analyzed because they appear to “look good”. There are numerous types of fallacies: informal fallacies‚ formal fallaciesfallacies of ambiguity‚ fallacies of presumption

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    Justice in Hamlet

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    Hamlet. Hamlet becomes obsessed with achieving this justice for his father’s death‚ a duty he views as noble‚ but he quickly comes to realize that carrying out the murder is not as simple a task as he originally thought. As evidenced by events that unfold that result in the death of many of his friends and family‚ and also himself‚ a sense of justice can become easily warped and corrupted when revenge is the motivator. Hamlet’s quest for justice is first introduced when he is visited by an ambiguous

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    Justice or Revenge

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    Justice or Revenge? The death penalty has no place in a civilised society‚ but India seems to celebrate it. ndia’s first execution of a death penalty in eight years‚ the speed with which Ajmal Kasab (the only perpetrator of the 26 November 2008 killings to have been held) was hanged after his mercy petition was rejected by the president‚ the public celebrations that erupted in a few parts of the country and the manner in which the media has reported/commented on the hanging in Pune on 21 November

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    Petitio Principii: (circular reasoning‚ circular argument‚ begging the question) in general‚ the fallacy of assuming as a premiss a statement which has the same meaning as the conclusion. A. The least convincing kind of petitio principii is the repetition of the same words in the same order in both premiss and conclusion..  Generally‚ such an argument would not be misleading and would only be given in unusual circumstances‚ e.g.‚ the speaker is very tired‚ talking to a child‚ or talking to a

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    Fallacies and Their Meanings Critical thinking and decision making are learned traits. When one makes decisions‚ whether a small decision‚ such as choosing which clothes to wear or whether a more significant decision‚ such as solving an issue at work or settling a dispute‚ it is important to learn that tools are available to help the "mind" make decisions. One such tool that is useful‚ is learning how to identify and work with fallacies. In order to understand how to use fallacies‚ it is important

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    Justice In The Oresteia

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    Modern democracy is rooted in ancient Greek culture. Without accountability‚ mankind would be corrupt and chaotic. Before the creation of the court system‚ vengeance served as the primary basis of justice. Justice and revenge were at one time nearly synonymous‚ but this is no longer the case. Justice is now synonymous with integrity and authority. Aeschylus portrays this shift from blood-lust vengeance to equity through his trilogy‚ The Oresteia. The three plays‚ Agamemnon‚ The Libation Bearers‚

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    Assumptions and Fallacies Critical and Creative Thinking University of Phoenix Appendix D: Assumptions and Fallacies • What are assumptions? How do you think assumptions might interfere with critical thinking? What might you do to avoid making assumptions in your thinking? Assumption is an idea one believes to be true based on prior experience or one’s belief systems. (Elder & Paul‚ 2002) Assumptions are a part of our belief system but we don’t know that they are true or not. Assumptions

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    Justice In Hamlet

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    touches on is justice and revenge. When provoked by Thrasymachus on the meaning of justice‚ Socrates states that it is when the logic-driven soul controls both the emotions and the desires/appetites. When each part of the soul is in line and does its job‚ justice occurs because everything is working as it should. Socrates sees justice as a necessity within a city‚ and as a good and positive thing to strive for. But‚ when looking at another piece of literature that deals with justice‚ Hamlet‚ a completely

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    logic1. 3.3 Fallacies of Weak Induction: 3. Fallacies of weak induction a fallacy of weak induction occurs when an argument’s premises are not strong enough to support the conclusion. The premises are logically relevant‚ but that isn’t enough for them to be supportive enough. These fallacies also involve an emotional appeal to make their case. 4. Different types of weak induction fallacies Appeal to unqualified authority (Argumentum ad Verecundiam) this fallacy affects arguments from authority

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    Justice Served?

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    Evelyn Duron 1/29/2013 L202 Justice Served? In Sherman Alexie’s poem‚ “Capital Punishment”‚ a part that was very interesting‚ yet confusing was when the narrator was being sympathetic. The narrator was very considerate of the prisoners. In the poem‚ Alexie makes the narrator be a cook at a jail that had the death row. Perhaps Alexie made the narrator be a cook instead of someone else like a guard or a warden because the cook would not represent the law; the cook just works for the jail. Readers of the poem

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