this documentary‚ Cowperthwaite aims to discover the facts behind the aforementioned whale incidents‚ with the intentions of questioning whether whales should be kept in captivity. Cowperthwaite employs the techniques of inductive reasoning‚ expert
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ARE REASON AND EMOTION EQUALLY IN JUSTIFYING MORAL DECISIONS? This essay will deal with the topic of how reason and emotion justify the moral decisions. Therefore‚ in this case it is assumed that moral decisions can be justified. Justify itself means to give explanation for or to give reason for something. It is assumed also that reason and emotion are the two tools of ways of knowing used to justify moral decisions. Thus‚ these both will have explanation of how they can justify moral decisions
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What is the difference between hypothesis and law? A hypothesis is a statement‚ put forth on the basis of reasoning‚ about the things that are being studied. A hypothesis is an educated guess based on past scientific studies and previous experiments. It is not just a random guess. Observation is followed by a hypothesis. For example ‘Plants need sunlight to grow’ can be a hypothesis. It is formulated by taking into account all the observations that are know about the phenomenon under investigation
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investigator comes to work on a reconstruction with some expectations‚ this can cause a negative effect on the process. For this reason all the data and evidence must be continually reevaluated throughout the process of the crime-scene reconstruction. Deductive
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Being Wrong In the book Being Wrong by Karthryn Schultz‚ wrongness‚ or “err” as Schultz puts it‚ is explained and exposed as being a part of our everyday lives. There are many reasons for our wrongness which most people don’t recognize. These include trickery of the senses‚ Confabulation‚ or making thing up even if we don’t know we are‚ mistreating evidence‚ societal influence‚ prior beliefs‚ and the need to feel certain. These mistakes may seem detrimental to learning and understanding. However
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from our own bad decisions. This is shown in Monty Python’s Quest for the Holy Grail. One example of this ironic use of logic is with the trial of the witch. In this trial‚ Monty Python uses deductive reasoning to conclude that the woman is a witch. By this‚ he is demonstrating how deductive reasoning is not always right. Just because wood burns like a witch and floats like a duck does not mean she is a witch. The conclusion that "if she weighs as much as a duck‚ she is a witch"‚ therefore
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In this essay I will be arguing against Plato’s theory of knowledge given in the Republic’s divided line. I will distinguish the differences and similarities in the epistemological concepts of Plato and Aristotle intending to explain how one comes to have knowledge and the process through which it’s obtained. As support‚ I will explain Plato’s theory of forms and Aristotle’s theory of essence because they are a direct correlation to their view of knowledge through reality. Plato’s theory of Forms
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“Evaluate the ways in which emotion might enhance and/or undermine reason as a Way of Knowing.” Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) once said that "The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing"‚ meaning that emotion is irrational and unreasonable. Emotional expression provides powerful communication between people‚ especially in the early childhood stage of our lives‚ before language even develops. A baby’s glowing smile invites love and care in its surrounding; the pounding cry of an infant can
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Introduction to Logic. | | | | Points Received: | 1 of 1 | | Comments: | | | | 2. | Question : | A valid deductive argument‚ the premises of which are accepted as true‚ shows | | | Student Answer: | | that the conclusion must be true. | | | | that the conclusion must be false. | | | | that arguments are best avoided. | | | | that reasoning is overrated. | | Instructor Explanation: | The answer can be found in Chapter One of An Introduction to Logic. |
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Synopsis: The short story “The Adventure of the Retired Colourman” by Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the stories of the Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. One of the characters named Sherlock Holmes in this story is investigating on a missing case. He is hired by an old retired man‚ Josiah Amberley‚ to investigate about his wife’s missing with a neighbor‚ Dr. Ray Ernest. Mr. Josiah also claims that two people are missing along with his cash and securities and therefore he wants to catch both of them. Holmes
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