Jacob Turner Professor White PAR 101-003 12 February 2015 Argument Paper #1 There has been a long-standing question in the world of philosophy on what determines one’s personal identity. Out of all the attributes that make up the individual‚ it seems difficult to decipher what actually makes up the personal identity. The most common choices to this question are the mind‚ the brain‚ the spirit‚ or the body. There has yet been no proof on which of these choices are actually correct but many individuals
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The Good Death It is commonly said that death is life’s only promise—which might explain why the argument about how it should come to pass‚ in the terminally ill‚ especially‚ is such a hot topic. There are four ways the terminally ill may pass: naturally‚ the disease takes them; active euthanasia—doctors actively take the life‚ e.g. lethal injection; physician-assisted suicide—the doctor gives the patient a prescription for a lethal dose of a drug‚ but the patient self-administers it; or passive
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be looking at: (i) the nature of arguments (ii) how to recognise arguments http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teMlv3ripSM Definition: ‘Argument’ …. a set of sentences such that… …. one of them is being said to be true… …. the other(s) are being offered as reasons for believing the truth of the one. An argument: It is Friday‚ Marianne always wears jeans on Friday so Marianne will be wearing jeans today. Q1: List the sentences that make up this argument It is Friday Marianne always
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Cosmological Argument The cosmological argument is the argument that the existence of the world or universe is strong evidence for the existence of a God who created it. The existence of the universe‚ the argument claims‚ stands in need of explanation‚ and the only adequate explanation of its existence is that it was created by God. Like most arguments for the existence of God‚ the cosmological argument exists in several forms; two are discussed here: the temporal‚ kalam cosmological argument (i.e. the
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weaknesses of Aquinas’ Cosmological argument The Cosmological argument attempts to explain that something has caused the universe to exist and this First cause is what we call God. The argument begins with observations that try to support the following statements: • Everything in the universe has a cause • The universe itself must have a cause • To avoid infinite regress of causes there must be an uncaused cause • This uncaused cause is God The argument uses inductive reasoning‚ which means
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The cosmological argument has been used for centuries to appeal to the existence of God‚ dating back to around 350 BC. Versions have been found in Plato’s Laws‚ 893-96‚ Aristotle’s Physics (VIII‚ 4-6)‚ and Aristotle’s Metaphysics (XII‚ 1-6). St. Thomas Aquinas‚ a Dominican priest‚ theologian‚ and philosopher‚ also included his version of the argument in Summa Theologica‚ along with four other contentions for the existence of God. The argument has been reasserted by Enlightenment writers such as Georg
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Rogerian Argument Everyone is familiar with the idea of a persuasive essay. The goal is to convince one’s audience that the writer’s point of view is correct. They use logic and their prior understanding of a subject to help argue their side on a position. When using this technique‚ the writer rarely pays attention to the feelings of those who are most likely to read the writing. Oppositely‚ Rogerian argument is attempting to find a common ground in the midst of disagreement. One tries to make sure
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From the very beginning of this story I’ve had a strong opinion on how this topic is so meaningless and drawn out almost to the brink of insanity. Although the writer does display a good level of sincerity and commitment to this argument‚ but even with that being said my opinions of the writer and how his views are kind of one sided still remain. A good example of how the writer portrays the level of absurdity within the vegan belief is in the beginning‚ when the writers were talking
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Argument: People need to be vigilant while shopping at San Antonio local Malls. Premise 1: People should be cognizant of his or her surroundings while shopping at local malls. Premise 2: Three local malls in San Antonio had incidents in the past two days. Conclusion: Therefore‚ people need to be vigilant while shopping at local malls in San Antonio. The deductive argument is true since premise 1 states people should be cognizant of his or her surroundings while shopping at malls. This argument
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In the first part of the assignment we were asked to identify components of arguments‚ premise and conclusion‚ for the passages. Where applicable we are to highlight key words or phrases that identify a claim as a premise or a conclusion. A premise is the support for the conclusion. (Missimer‚ 2005) The first example has several premises as follows if Sue’s baby is a boy it will be named Mark and if it is a girl it will be named Margaret. Another premise is that Sue will have a boy or girl. “So”
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