Based on examples from Kenya and elsewhere‚ discuss why taking development to the people is a fallacy. 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.2 DEVELOPMENT Development is defined as the process of improvement in the wellbeing of people‚ improving their education‚ health‚ land‚ shelter‚ and other related aspects. It is also opening out to them equal opportunities to richer and more valid life. It also involves an increase in the national economy‚ increase in capacity of a political system‚ change and growth‚ qualities
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challenge them to think. However‚ the placement of the statement is as per the academic writing requirement that is‚ it is at the end of the first paragraph. Throughout the paragraph‚ there is adequate use of the three-rhetorical appeals‚ particularly logical and emotional appeal. The author seems to understand well about the emotional appeal that Kincaid uses throughout her narrative. The use of several quotes from the reading supports the two rhetorical appeals. For instance‚ “the people who inhabit
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Paradox A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense‚ but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. The first scene of Macbeth‚ for example‚ closes with the witches’ cryptic remark “Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair….” Parallelism Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related word‚ phrases‚ or clauses. The basic principle of grammar and rhetoric demands that equivalent things be set forth in coordinate grammatical structures: nouns
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4 Radius Images/Photolibrary Mistakes in Reasoning: The World of Fallacies Have you ever heard of Plato‚ Aristotle‚ Socrates? Morons! —Vizzini‚ The Princess Bride Section 4.1 What Is a Fallacy? CHAPTER 4 S o far we have looked at how to construct arguments and how to evaluate them. We’ve seen that arguments are constructed from sentences‚ with some sentences providing reasons‚ or premises‚ for another sentence‚ the conclusion. The purpose of arguments is to provide support
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economy‚ small businesses‚ and families‚ America is a waste generating country. Therefore‚ the purpose of this essay is to analyze the logic of Rush Limbaugh’s speech‚ given to argue against this study. In the first segment of Rush’s speech he refers to the NCEA as "environmentalist wackos" which is a common fallacy made throughout his statement. This is referred to as a tu quoque fallacy‚ which shows that just because you are connected with a certain group of people does not mean you apply to commonly
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Through the Looking Glass: A Logical Look at Spectrophobia Lilli Munoz PSY/211 May 9‚ 2013 Professor Gromoll Through the Looking Glass: A Logical Look at Spectrophobia The human brain is an amazing thing. It is always working; learning and processing. With technology the way it is now‚ people are in constant contact with each other and media. It is then easy to see how someone’s conscious and subconscious mind is taking in what is seen and heard‚ learning‚ and then arranging their behavior
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Angel Allen Professor Needle November 25‚ 2012 Chapter 8 Exercise 2 For each of the following items‚ write one paragraph identifying the logical flaw. a. The election couldn’t have been fair- I don’t know anyone who voted for the winner. The fact that no one you know voted for the winner does not mean that the election as unfair. –Argument of ignorance a. It would be wrong to prosecute Allied for age discrimination; allied has always been a great corporate neighbor. The fact that allied
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One example of a fallacy in this article is ad hominem. “The courts should require the government to disclose this information and quickly‚ and the practice of delving into travelers’ private lives at the border without reason to suspect them of wrongdoing should ultimately end. Everything we know about the government’s searches of devices at the border suggests the government is dramatically expanding an unconstitutional program.” This section of the article is an ad hominem fallacy‚ for it is blaming
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The use of these drugs frequently results in multiple births‚ which leads to the death of one of the infants‚ often after an agonizing struggle for survival. According to the rules of the pro-lifers‚ isn’t this murder?” — North-State Record The fallacy is “Andrea Keene’s selective morality is once again showing through in her July 15 letter. This time she expresses her abhorrence of abortion. But how we see only what we choose to see! I wonder if any of the anti-abortionists have considered the
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Response to Hannah #1 Logical Validity can be very tricky when it is use in a philosophical way. When dealing with logical validity‚ it needs a common‚ everyday argument. Logical validity can be use to figure out any honesty out of an argument. By doing so‚ you’ll need to have an argument with sentences that will support a conclusion. From the book‚ Sentential Logic‚ by Professor Roy‚ the definition of logical validity is‚ “the argument is logically valid if and only if there is no consistent
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