Background This CA allows you to demonstrate your knowledge on the basic elements of a formal argument and your ability to critically analyse an argumentative article. The Task There are a total of 3 sections in this assessment. You are required to answer all the questions in all 3 sections. Section 1 carries 20 marks‚ Section 2 carries 30 marks and Section 3 carries 50 marks. Altogether‚ this CA carries a total score of 100 marks. Section 1 comprises multi-choice questions (MCQs) that will
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Gus Jackson October 28‚ 2010 12 Angry Men 5. There just seems to be a general lack of relevant background information in this case. There are only the two witnesses‚ and even their stories have some doubt surrounding them. Furthermore‚ none of the jurors (as far as we know) have any significant background in dealing with these matters. It is revealed that Ed Begley has a prejudice that seems to be affecting his judgment in the case. During an exchange with one of the other jurors‚ Begley says
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Evaluate Hume’s claim that miracles are the least likely of events. (35 marks) Hume defined miracles to be a “violation of the laws of nature” According to Hume‚ no matter how strong the evidence for a specific miracle may be‚ it will always be more rational to reject the miracle than to believe in it. The definition of Hume is both logical and objective as it esquires empirical evidence‚ e.g. Ockham’s razor‚ the simplest explanation is the correct one and therefore miracles do not occur. Hume was
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Derika Elk AP English Language and Composition 2013 Summer Reading Assignment Part 1 (Susan B. Anthony) 1. Who is Susan B. Anthony? a nineteenth-century champion of the cause of woman’s suffrage. 2. What was the reason for her delivering this speech in 1873? Her reasoning for delivering her speech was for the right for women to vote. 3. What two words in the first paragraph reinforce Anthony’s argument in the speech? Two words that reinforced Anthony’s speech would be “indicted” and “lawful
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Essay 1 Fallacious has been one of those words that are being used often in our society today. At first‚ I used to think that fallacious reasoning is a way in which we human beings think about a situation but to my surprise‚ I was proven wrong of what the real meaning fallacious reasoning is. Fallacious reasoning according to Purdue owl is a “common errors in reasoning that will undermine the logic of your argument which can be illegitimate arguments or irrelevant points”. In general‚ to my understanding
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Rebecca History 112 Fallacies and Weaknesses February 9‚ 2010 In his article‚ “Blacks Should Stop Agitating for Political Equality‚” Atlanta Exposition‚ 1895‚ Booker T. Washington said that blacks should take advantage of the new opportunities given to them rather than fight for more rights. Though he understood this tendency‚ saying‚ “… it is not strange that in the first years of our new life we began at the top instead of at the bottom; that a seat in Congress or the state legislature
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What is Nuclear Energy? That is a very good question. First off there are many different types of Nuclear Energy‚ they include radiation‚ Nuclear Warfare‚ and Nuclear Power. In this essay I will be covering all three. But to understand Nuclear Energy we must first understand atoms how work and how they were discovered. Our journey begins in Ancient Greece during 400 B.C where philosopher Democritus developed the first ever ideas of the atom. He asked what happens if you break a piece of matter
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within the core‚ the temperatures’ are extremely hot this is where atoms move so quickly that they will stick to other atoms when they collide with them‚ this forms larger atoms and releases a vast amount of energy. This is the process of nuclear fusion. Stars vary in size from being equal to the diameter of a planet‚ all the way to being larger than the diameter of the whole earth’s orbit. The histories of the stars in the galaxies are traced through the age‚ compensation‚ distribution‚ and the
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February 8‚ 2011 Logical Fallacies Before we can understand what a logical fallacy is‚ we establish some common background information for the purposes of accurate communication. There are two types of reasoning‚ inductive and deductive. The primary difference between the two is that inductive reasoning automatically allows for an appeal to probability‚ the assumption that what could happen will happen‚ while deductive reasoning considers this a logical fallacy. Thus for the purposes of
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Argument from force Rationalization Peer Pressure No Fallacy Points Received: 0 of 1 Comments: Question 2. Question : “If I give this homeless person a dollar then I’ll have to give the next guy a dollar and so forth … I’ll end up broke!” Student Answer: Ad hominem Slippery slope Burden of Proof False Dilemma No Fallacy Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 3. Question :
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