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    The Musée du Louvre and its Pyramid‚ and St Paul’s Cathedral with the nearby 30 St Mary Axe were the chosen topics by both members of our group. All of these buildings are iconic building within their cities‚ and all were designed and built with vastly different contexts and purposes in mind. In this essay we will compare and contrast the different buildings in a manner that will help us understand the juxtaposition of old and new buildings. We will also investigate what made the contemporary buildings

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    Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking by D.Q. McInerny is an introduction to the science and art of thinking and living logically. The 129-page guide was published in 2005 by Random House Trade Paperbacks and can be purchased for around ten dollars. The author D.Q. McInerny is currently a professor at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Lincoln‚ Nebraska and has written a variety of pieces on religious philosophy to include Philosophical Psychology‚ and an article on the use of contraception.

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    attack. 4. Show how this particular fallacy fits the criteria. (2 Marks) The fallacy reports back an incorrect‚ exaggerated version of what Senator Biddle said. Senator Biddle said that we should outlaw only violent pornography. The arguer reports back an irrelevant thesis that the Senator is in favour of complete governmental censorship of books‚ magazines and films. 6. Challenge the fallacy. (4 Marks) Explain what is wrong with using this pattern of reasoning with reference to any

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    Analyzing a News Article Using the Elements of Reasoning The following article http://abcnews.go.com/US/amber-alert-sharp-eyed-citizen-save-missing-girl/story?id=11807128&page=1 was about how a young girl was rescued from her kidnapper by an ordinary citizen. My purpose for choosing and reading this article was to find out how this occurred. As far as questions that are brought up by this article are how did this man know to stop this particular truck? How did he accomplish that? Why was the girl

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    MORAL REASONING Short Essay: Moral reasoning is individual or collective practical reasoning about what‚ morally‚ one ought to do. For present purpose‚ we may understand issues about what is right or wrong‚ virtuous or vicious‚ as raising moral question. When we are faced with moral questions in daily life‚ just as when we are faced with child-rearing questions‚ sometimes we act impulsively or instinctively and sometimes we pause to reason about what we ought to do. Much of our reasoning comes

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    An example of inductive reasoning would be Erik leaves for school at 7:30 am Erik is always on time. Erik assumes‚ then‚ that he will always be on time. The premise of this example is that Erik likes to be on time. The conclusion is that Erik likes to be on time and can be late no matter what in his mind. It is inductive reasoning because he predicts when he should be there based of one initial time. Another example of inductive reasoning would be that if lee is an excellent swimmer. lee has a swimming

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    What are the beliefs and traditions of waray people in education? The Waray-Waray are an ethnoliguistic group located in Samar and Leyte. Geographically‚ they are located in the Visayas. Waray-Waray sometimes shortened to Waray‚ is the term used to refer to the people who inhabit the islands of Samar and Biliran and the eastern section of Leyte. Those who come from Samar are called Samareños‚ while those from Leyte are Leyteños. They speak the language called Waray. ReligionThe Waray-Waray people

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    Critical Reasoning Assignment I (Exercise 2) 1. Sappho- The type or style of writing that Sappho used in “To Absent Lovers’” was poetry. This literary work was very familiar to me and was fairly easy to comprehend. The basic subject matter of this story was about two people that seemed to be in love with one another that eventually had to separate in the end. Ban Zhao- In the passage “Admonitions For Women‚” it basically tells us about the way of the woman in ancient medieval China. This was

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    Ward Jul. 22nd‚ 2013 © Copyright 2013‚ Sean Heupel Last week‚ we answered the question of biology in motivation and behavior‚ so allow me to recap the main subjects: As humans‚ we have two cognitive operating capacities: logical and emotional. Our logical brains are able to deduce outcomes‚ while our emotional side is selfish and convolutes information‚ from a self-centered standpoint‚ referencing both Congregatio and Regretio Ego factors (and yes‚ there are two Egos‚ because Freud was

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    Lindsey Lane October 21‚ 2012 The Importance of Deductive Reasoning Critical Thinking Kevin White It is important to understand what is known prior to making a decision because the decision could be either wrong or right. Making decisions at times can be a hard thing to do. There are many pros and cons for decision making. In argument five To Cheat or Not to Cheat Jenna has a big decision to make. She has to decide whether or not she wants to continue her class by being honest or to

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