STEPS IN EVALUATING AN ARGUMENT The following four steps are an efficient way to apply what you learned in this chapter—in other words‚ to evaluate your argument and overcome any errors in validity or truth that it may contain. 1. State your argument fully‚ as clearly as you can. Be sure to identify any hidden premises and‚ if the argument is complex‚ to express all parts of it. 2. Examine each part of your argument for errors affecting truth. (To be sure this examination is not perfunctory
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Donica Morris Dr. P. D. Reed March 20‚ 2014 Composition II Rogerian Argument: Does Facebook‚ Twitter and other social networking websites do more harm than good? Twitter and Facebook are only two of the online connections people use today to stay in contact with friends and family. The internet is a place to interact with new people and a way to be exposed to strangers. The partial anonymity available online can be used as a mask for sexual offenders and psychos; they can appear to be ordinary
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To what extent is the cosmological argument weak? Although the cosmological argument is a strong argument for the theory that the universe it is a weak argument for the existence of the classical theological God. Thomas Aquinas was a very important man to the cosmological argument; it was him who came up with some of the strongest theories to support the argument. He came up with his five proofs which to him proved the cosmological argument to be true. One of his proof was the ‘cause’ proof
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Hamlet Argument #3 In the upcoming movie‚ The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ actors are required to compete against each other for the main role of Hamlet. In this challenging competition‚ the actors appearance‚ personality‚ and background will also be used as one of the qualifications. Denzel Washington‚ a man with great potential‚ competes against Bruce Willis‚ a wise and hard-cracking man for the leading role of Hamlet. These two famous actors believe they have the qualifications to act; but‚ they do not
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Analysis of Visual Argument The site visithoustontexas.com is a website designed to attract and convince tourists to visit the city of Houston‚ Texas and to provide information about current events‚ activities‚ and places to go while visiting the city as well as hotels and restaurants. The website includes a considerable amount of images of these places and events and each of these images are accompanied by a small descriptive text which‚ if followed‚ it will redirect to a section of the webpage
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In their interview they discussed the issue of the Kalam cosmological argument. Craig went on to discuss the argument is the steps that follow. First whatever begins to exist has a cause. Second the universe had a beginning and third there universe‚ therefore had a cause. They then discussed several models that have been proposed trying to explain away the universe being finite. Craig ended the argument by saying “I think it’s indisputable that there has never been a time in history when
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Argument by Authority Example of Authority: Islamophobia Is Bad for Business Authors: Massoud Hayoun Qualifications: World Affairs Editor at The Vancouver Observer‚ where he writes a daily column on China. He has reported on China‚ North America‚ the Middle East‚ and North Africa for The Atlantic‚ Newsweek‚ TIME‚ and Agence France Presse. Source: Boston Review; Jan2013‚ Vol. 71 Issue 1‚ p34-39‚ 6p‚ 1 Chart Context: A few years ago‚ nearly 1‚600 Chinese laborers moved to Saudi Arabia to build
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The Cosmological Argument is not a Strong Argument for the Existence of God Mardi Campbell PHI 208 Prof. Michele Clearman-Warner March 11‚ 2013 The Cosmological Argument is not a Strong Argument for the Existence of God The Cosmological Argument for the existence of God is one of the most famous of all philosophical arguments that address the existence of a supernatural being who created the material universe. The supernatural being whom created the material universe is the logical
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people have the freedom to criticize ideas because it is our sole right to a free society. Although Rowan argues that people should be free to oppose other people’s ideas‚ the other argument put forward is that the failure to accept criticism or ridicule would ultimately lead towards oppression. Considering the above arguments about individuals and rights‚ it is pretty clear that Rowan supports care ethics‚ which holds that care and interpersonal relationships or benevolence are central to all moral actions
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between mind and the body. The argument against this theory is that mind is private and only the person of his own mind has access to it. Others can only observe behavior and take a guess about the content of the mind. Weakness of dualism lays in the lack of rational understanding about interaction between brain and mind. One can explain the interaction between mind and brain if they believe in supernatural dimensions that are responsible for that. Another argument is based upon what happens when
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