for his civil trial speeches which were fashioned in a simple and easy flow manner to be delivered by a client. In his speeches‚ Lysias was able to present a persuasive but well concealed argument drawn from probability to influence the minds of a jury. This utilization of an argument from probability
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Apologetical Causation Argument Since the dawn of life‚ man has pondered the meaning of his existence. Where did he come from? How did he get here? How was the universe formed? With respect to the previous questions‚ there are two primary sides taken in the age-old debate. There are the creationists and the non-creationists. The creationists believe there is an omnipotent creator of the universe whereas the non-creationists believe there is no creator‚ but that the universe simply formed
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my peers that they are very uncomfortable with the Peter Singers ideas on donating all money beyond what they need to charity. Although they did think that it was a good idea‚ they didn’t necessarily believe that it was a moral decision. Of the arguments that I heard against Singer‚ and I did hear many‚ I don’t think that they are created equal. I’ll mention three in detail and some justifications that I heard that aren’t as relevant. First‚ Zach takes a view of freedom‚ that’s to say that he believes
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Both scientists made their points using logical fallacies. As the viewer you can easily see the argument flaws in the person you disagree with. In the creationist debate Ken Hamm uses an appeal to authority by mentioning successful scientists who believe in creationism‚ such as the inventor of the MRI scanner and an Astronomer. He works hard to define terms differently‚ repeatedly in a circular argument. Only one thing in his debate made me pause‚ he discussed how the
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The topic of abortion has caused much attention.When the topic comes about there are two sided arguments; either you are pro-life or pro-choice. Pro-life supporters support that women should not have a choice to abort the child‚ and it constitutes murder.Pro-choice supporters say that women should have the right to carry the child or abort it. Unlike many other arguments however both parties agree their should be a restricted availability. Many people have different opinions on abortions.Sure
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our sensory experiences are sometimes wrong and that our sensory equipment can be faulty and misinterpret reality‚ the arguments for dreaming claims our sensory equipment is not adept enough to distinguish such reality. So it is not the case that an object we observe from afar has‚ in reality‚ a different size‚ but that all we experience all together is false. The dream argument implies that all of the empirical knowledge and experiences we had so far‚ could be distorted‚ and furthermore‚ it entails
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unknowable or altogether false. If one chooses to ignore this obvious fact‚ there is little that can be done to argue‚ for argument assumes that rational thought processes are at work. As Hank Hanegraaff has said‚ "Even those who deny reality look both ways before they cross the street." One popular example skeptics use to disprove attainable knowledge is the Brain in the Vat argument. "The Brain in the Vat scenario is a thought experiment designed to show the plausibility of radical skepticism. If we
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God Does Not Necessarily Have to Exist In Descartes’ Meditations‚ he makes the strong claim that God must exist. I will first explain what Descartes’s argument for God’s existence is‚ and then I will attempt to support the argument that God does not need to necessarily exist through objections and replies. Premise 1: “We have an idea of God as an infinite and perfect being.” First‚ Descartes believes that there are properties that are inherently perfect. For example‚ being good is a perfection
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Standing on the Sun is a book that pretends to be full of provocative ideas about the future of capitalism; in reality‚ it makes weak‚ pie in the sky arguments full of flawed reasoning. The book is foolishly optimistic and idealistic in some instances‚ while also managing to ignore staggering upside in other situations. My criticism will focus on four instances of flawed reasoning. Firstly‚ the author takes something that is rare (a fundamental economic revolution like the industrial revolution)
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a command of God. However‚ there are many oppositions to this theory‚ the most famous being the Euthyphro problem. The Euthyphro problem is known as a dilemma argument‚ meaning the structure is set up as follows; either God’s commands are arbitrary or God’s commands are based simply on his knowledge of right and wrong. This dilemma argument is formulated in such a way that if you believe either statement and its following conclusion to be true‚ the DCT is then inherently false. For example‚ if the
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