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 violations of the 3 criteria for a good argument . State which criteria for a good argument the fallacy violates. Explain what it means to violate that criteria for a good argument (relevancy‚ sufficiency‚ acceptability)
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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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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
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Development of Children ’s Reasoning Reasoning is mental process of looking for beliefs‚ conclusions‚ actions or feelings. Humans are able to engage in reasoning using Introspection; involving self-observation and examination of one ’s own thoughts and feelings. Human reasoning starts in early childhood when a child has to face a problem‚ he/she has to develop reasoning in order to solve it. This development of reasoning occurs from infancy through adolescence. Once children are able to represent
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compensated for hard work‚ character‚ ability‚ and what they are able to do for others‚ but are not allowed to accumulate or hold undeserved wealth. The third leads to a communist society that simply distributes goods as needed to give everyone the same level of benefits regardless of merit. In any case this kind of justice requires strong social control over economic activity‚ which does diminish individual liberty‚ as well as the
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Reasoning Aptitude Eric Gibbs BCom275 Sunday‚ March 31‚ 2013 Lisa Sanchez Reasoning Aptitude The reasoning career activity was a big help‚ I already knew that I was struggling in presentation and when I did this activity in my results it gave me a good amount of tips to help develop better presentation skills. I learned a lot from the tips they gave me I learned that before presenting my message‚ think of how I can communicate my genuine concern to the audience‚ and show them something
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Deductive Reasoning 1.The ancient Greeks used Deductive reasoning to solve many things. They learned theses things form the Egyptians and the Babylonians. They learned how to solve geometric constructions like circles‚ squares‚ and pyramids‚ they also learned how to determine they lengths of objects from the Babylonians by using Pythagorean theorem. Building upon what they learned from the Egyptians and Babylonians they found fundamental truths in geometry‚ and from these truths they mad propositions
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Reasoning Aptitude: The Reasons Introduction The reasoning aptitude career plan building activity identified the term “focused”. The focused profile determined compatibility with careers involving practical skills. These careers involve critical thinking to foresee and solve practical problems. It is probable to be attracted to practical jobs and careers. The results portrait my individual thinking style as focused and direct. My thinking style is goal-oriented. Allowing
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“Maslow ’s hierarchy of needs.” [Online]. WIKIPEDIA. 2013. Available url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow ’s_hierarchy_of_needs (accessed 7 July 2013) McCormick‚ A .2013. “12 steps to promote effective Classroom Management.” [Online]. Available url: http://pralab.tamu.edu/documents/12Steps.pdf (accessed 13 July 2013) McLeod‚ S. A. 2007. “Maslow ’s Hierarchy of Needs - Simply Psychology.” [Online]. Available url: http://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html (accessed 13 July 2013) McLeod‚ S. A. 2010
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Understanding Moral Understanding Throughout time there has always been this nagging question of what is right and what is wrong. As of yet‚ there is no universal agreement on the correct answer to that question‚ which leads to wondering: how do we even begin to make the decision of morals and where do they come from? Are morals imbedded in us from birth or are they programmed into us through life‚ nature verses nurture? According to psychology moral understanding is a process. No one starts
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