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    of fact‚ such as‚ “…with the others seizing the billions of dollars paid in taxes by women to whom he refuses ‘Representation.’” Paine also used claims of fact. “A government of our own is our natural right.” Her argument was effective because her logic was powerful especially when she stated that “Taxation without representation is tyranny.” What makes his argument effective was his ability to convince people that it was infinitely wiser and safer to form a constitution of their own. Catt uses rhetoric

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    * A fallacy is a flaw in logic‚ where the argument‚ answer‚ or result given does not match the evidence as set out. For example if I say‚ Mary is not a good person because she eats steak and vegetables. The explanation as to why she is not a good person is inadequate‚ as eating steak and vegetables has nothing to do with morality vegans and Buddhists morality aside‚ as that would be an implication and not part of the evidence presented. Early work in informal logic favored fallacies as a way of

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    let them know how disgusted and sickened to have his work destroyed with no good cause. The writer use logos to appeal to logic throughout the writing. Vonnegut uses logic when he said “If you were to bother to read my books‚ to behave as educated persons would‚ you would learn that they are not sexy‚ and do not argue in favor of wildness of any kind.” This is an appeal to logic because they probably never read his books‚ but they judged them anyways. How can they say the books convey sexy and wildness

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    Rhetoric as Epistemic

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    Rhetoric as commonly understood for centuries is the art of persuasion. Many have attempted to offer definitions of rhetoric which all lead to the art of persuasion and to some the art of trickery; because of this misuse of rhetoric it now bares negative connotations. Rhetoric is not simply the art of persuasion but also bares an epistemic function- it serves as a way to discover what is known and what can be known. Epistemic rhetoric‚ therefore‚ unlike the belief of many is an attempt to generate

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    Personal Statement: “A goal is a dream with a deadline”- said Napoleon Hill. I am a little girl with big dreams who has been continuously climbing uphill all my life. While I am aware that everybody climbs hills and faces obstacles in their lives‚ I also believe that the success of those battles may well be based on the foundation which one walks - how firm and supportive it is. As I look back‚ I realize that the challenges I have faced enabled me to find a strong footing within a situation that

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    Almost 2500 years ago Aristotle was born‚ he was born into a wealthy educated family in Greece. He was a student of the famed Plato (another Greek philosopher) and went on to make many great discoveries and theories. One of Aristotle’s greatest teachings was in the art of rhetoric. Aristotle said that to be persuasive in ones arguments that one must establish credibility (ethos) use logical argument (logos)‚ and appeal to the audience on an emotional level (pathos). Twenty two hundred years later

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    Does God Exist?

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    exist‚ based on what the Bible told them. In Aquinas’s Argument from Efficient Causation each thing is caused to exist and there can be no regression of causes of existence. So there must be a first cause of existence‚ God. It is in this simple logic such as this that the people of the time based their philosophy on. Aquinas argument is not valid for nothing is its own cause‚ everything is circular in time. In his argument he leaves the possibility that God may not exist any more. He came‚ he created

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    reality‚ such as substance‚ identity‚ the nature of the mind‚ and free will.In other way is a study of nature and the nature of the world in which man lives Logic Logic (from Classical Greek λόγος (logos)‚ originally meaning the word‚ or what is spoken‚ but coming to mean thought or reason) is most often said to be the study of arguments. logic is the study of correct reasoning.However‚ the subject is grounded‚ the task of the logician is the same: to advance an account of valid and fallacious inference

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    that you can’t control the number of births that someone is going to have‚ and neither can you say that someone can have a children or not. Validity of argumentation Contra I strongly feel that all the argumentation of the contra side‚ are really logic (even they didn’t support their argumentation usually with official sources) so the validity of them was always high. Evaluation quality of sources Contra They say that the 50% of the births are from people that doesn’t intend it as the unique

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    the end justify the means? Introduction. The play and subsequent movie “Twelve Angry Men” is an examination of the dynamics at play in a jury room in the 50’s in The United States. The action revolves around the opinions‚ perceptions‚ reason and logic of twelve diverse characters that are tasked with pronouncing the guilt or innocence of a young man accused of patricide. The extraordinary element is that their finding will determine his life or death. This play was made into a movie in 1957‚ produced

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