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    believes that reason is unable to oppose the passions and that the passions is not the opposite of reason in equality. He believes that reason alone cannot motivate us but perform simple reasoning. Only abstract truth can influence us our simple reasoning for example doing school work to get a good grade and simple reasoning influences us only giving us motivates. Since reason cannot motivation the passions therefore it can’t control it but rather passion control the reasons. Passions cannot disagree with

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    structured‚ clear‚ well-reasoned way that convinces others. REASONING Knowing our own reasons: Critical thinking is assosciated with reasoning. Starts with ourselves. INCLUDES: Identifying reasons for what we believe and do and being aware of what these are; Critically evaluating our own beliefs and actions Being able to present to others the reason for our beliefs and actions. Critical analysis of other people’s reasoning Critical reasoning usually

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    exclusively with secular life and scientific cultures . He argues that we must recognize and strive to maintain a reasonable faith (one that integrates rational criticism and experimental reflection) and a faithful reason(one that acknowledges that all reasoning processes are shaped by basic attitudes that are faithful in nature) in order” to find ways to live productively and meaningfully in the world” .By this he means aspiring towards and open-minded and responsible way of life sensitive to the health

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    meaning of things. TRUE 3. In thinking‚ the correctness or our conclusions usually depends on the clarity of our perceptions. Support for Answer: Our perceptions are thoroughly thought out thus‚ if we have done enough observations and inductive reasoning‚ we should be correct. TRUE_4. Observation skills can be extended to observing how you observe. Support for Answer: You always need to watch how you are observing things. It has happened since we were first born‚ learning how to walk‚ talk

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    Critical Reasoning Bible Notes Chapter 2&3 Basic Principles Basically‚ GMAT critical reasoning stimulus has two types: an argument or a set of factual statement. To deal with stimulus‚ there are three steps: 1. Make a quick analysis of the topic under discussion 2. Read the entire stimulus very carefully 3. Analyze the structure of the stimulus Based on these steps‚ there are several primary objectives when reading stimulus: Objective 1: Determine whether the stimulus contains an argument

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    arguments? What might you do to avoid fallacies in your thinking? According to Dictionary (2013)‚ fallacies means an incorrect or misleading notion or opinion based on inaccurate facts or invalid reasoning. It have the tendency to mislead. A false or mistaken idea based on faulty knowledge or reasoning. For example‚ you can’t prove that there aren’t Martians living in caves under the surface of Mars‚ so it is reasonable for me to believe there are. Fallacies is used every day around us‚ when writing

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    Class Assignment for Week 2 Question 1 Provide 2 Samples of Induction logical reasoning: In 2010‚ the sales revenue of Company ABC on Motorola Ruggedized Handheld devices has increased by 20%. In 2011‚ the sales revenue of Company ABC on Motorola Ruggedized Handheld devices has increased by 55%. In 2012‚ the sales revenue of Company ABC on Motorola Ruggedized Handheld devices has increased by 70%. The sales revenue of Company ABC on Motorola Ruggedized Handheld devices is increasing every year

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    original impact and meaning are lost Repeated regularly without thought or originality‚ “ready-made phrases” Example: to make a long story short‚ be-all and the end-all Synonyms: stereotype‚ platitude (obvious remark) Deduction A method of reasoning from the general to the specific; or from cause to effect A kind of logic that accepts a general principal as true‚ then uses it to explain a specific case or cases Example: “You’d like to think that‚ wouldn’t you? You’ve beaten my giant‚ which

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    Topic: “I have been talking so far as though all emotions could be criticized in the reasonable/unreasonable dimensions; but in fact there is at least one emotion – love – to which this is not true.” Explain the reason why Pitcher thinks so. My response: LOVE is an emotion‚ but a special one cause its causal effects are quite different from other emotions. The well-known British philosopher George Pitcher examined the notion of ‘emotion’challenging the traditional belief ‚and came up with his own

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    the uniformity of nature. There are two ways to justify the principle of the uniformity of nature‚ inductively and deductively; Hume claims that PUN cannot be justified either way because to attempt to justify the principle inductively would be fallacious in the sense that it ends in a circular argument. To attempt to justify the principle deductively would also be impossible: one would need premises strong enough to prove with certainty that PUN is real which is nonviable. I will explain why Hume

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