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    Donald Trump is known for the use of fallacies on the internet. For this reason‚ the first fallacy I looked up was on Donald Trump’s Twitter account. Trump tweeted‚ “The Democrats had to come up with a story as to why they lost the election‚ and so badly (306)‚ so they made up a story - RUSSIA. Fake news!” (@realdonaldtrump). It almost seems that Trump is the one spewing fake news‚ not the democrats. In fact‚ Trump has made over 100 false claims since he was sworn in‚ however this is not the point

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    The Anti-Vaccine Fallacy

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    How does the writer of ‘Jabs myth is literally sickening’ attempt to persuade readers to share her point of view? In the ‘Herald Sun’ opinion piece ‘Jabs myth is literally sickening’ (Monday‚ May 13‚ 2013)‚ Rita Panahi structures her piece effectively to alert the public in general‚ and parents of babies and young children in particular‚ of the reasons anti-vaccination is a growing and dangerous trend and proposes some hard-nosed remedies. The author’s stance is revealed in the headline. By labelling

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    Marketing Report May 2013 Claire Della Marta Identify Marketing Opportunities ------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents Introduction Background SWOT Analysis Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats BCG & GE Model BCG Model & Analysis GE Model & Analysis S.M.A.R.T Specific Measurable Achievable Time Frame Strategies & Tactics Strategy 1 Tactic 1 Tactic 2 Tactic 3 Strategy 2 Tactic 1

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    Q.2 exam paper June 2011 Philosophy 2. Evaluate the claim that the soul is distinct from the body. There are many different views that the soul is distinct from the body of which appose this claim but at the same time there are those who agree with it. A famous Greek Philosopher named Plato was a duellist who believed that the soul is indeed distinct from the body. Plato believed that the soul is more important than the body as the body is apart of the empirical world and like all objects

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    Identify Unknown Microbes

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    the study of microbiology‚ the need to identify an unknown microbe may arise. This aids in the recognition of which microbes are harmful or pathogenic as well as those that may be beneficial to us in some way. This report will detail how a similar project was performed in order to identify two unknown micobes using the techniques that were learnt during the course of the semester. We embarked on the project with the knowledge that we would have to identify a Gram(+) as well as a Gram(-) from the

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    Petitio Principii: (circular reasoning‚ circular argument‚ begging the question) in general‚ the fallacy of assuming as a premiss a statement which has the same meaning as the conclusion. A. The least convincing kind of petitio principii is the repetition of the same words in the same order in both premiss and conclusion..  Generally‚ such an argument would not be misleading and would only be given in unusual circumstances‚ e.g.‚ the speaker is very tired‚ talking to a child‚ or talking to a

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    The role of the radiologist is one that has undergone numerous changes over the years and continues to evolve a rapid pace. Radiologists specialize in the diagnoses of disease through obtaining and interpreting medical images. There are a number of different devices and procedures at the disposal of a radiologist to aid him or her in these diagnoses’. Some images are obtained by using x-ray or other radioactive substances‚ others through the use of sound waves and the body’s natural magnetism. Another

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    many things about fallacies. In our powerpoint presentation‚ it says that each generation is to learn these fallacies. This tale of the college students and the teaching of fallacies was in a much different generation than we are in now. Some fallacies I learned of in this story that were different from the ones stated in my course text were‚ Dicto Simpliciter‚ Contradictory Premises‚ Ad Misericoriam‚ Hypothesis Contrary to Fact‚ and Poisoning the Well. The Dicto Simpliciter Fallacy is and argument

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    I wish you could see yourself through my eyes. If you could‚ you would see just how beautiful you are‚ and the extraordinary miracle of being yourself. If you could climb inside of me right now and feel what I feel for and about youyou would know you are accepted and loved. I wish you would never again doubt your worth or your place in this world. You are that priceless piece of art‚ that song that brings tears to your eyes‚ that sunset that moves you‚ takes your breath away. But you won’t believe

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    catch us off guard or do not progress‚ as he or she would like. Disagreements with associates‚ workplace issues‚ and his or her views with relation to religion are examples of emotions and bias. Appeal to Emotions is one of the most common logical fallacies‚ according to Seech (1993)‚ “logical vulnerability as the inability to be logical about the given issue because one is too emotionally invested.” Human feelings act as filters to outline wishes‚ provide abilities‚ and rule our instantaneous view

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