Ontological Argument One of the most fascinating arguments for the existence of an all-perfect God is the ontological argument. Ontological arguments are arguments to prove the existence of God based on pure reason alone. They attempt to show that we can deduce God’s existence from‚ so to speak‚ the very definition of God. St. Anselm of Canterbury proposed the first and most well known ontological argument in 1078 in his Proslogion‚ but it was actually Immanuel Kant‚ an 18th century German philosopher
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2014 Inductive and Deductive Argument Instructor: Ivey Shelton CRT/205 While reading both articles The Death Penalty Violates the Constitution of the United States and Cyberbullying Has a Broader Impact than Traditional Bullying‚ I found that there were both deductive and inductive argument presented with in the articles. On the first article about the death penalty‚ the author used inductive arguments to make his point. An example of and inductive argument in this article is “Furthermore
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present their side of an argument to make changes to work towards their advantage. Case in point‚ when I used to work for local cable company we had to wear business attire. A few employees presented the argument that with more comfortable dress we could do a more productive job. We cited examples of other Fortune 500 companies that were doing the same and some were considering allowing naps. We had to give facts such as statistics and expert opinions it had to be presented in writing and formatted
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i) Explain the prominent features of the design argument ii) Comment on the view that the design argument provides coherent explanation for the universe. The design argument is the argument for the existence of God based around the idea that the universe is designed and if it has been designed then there must have been a designer and therefore that designer must be God. Like the cosmological argument it is an a posteriori argument‚ which means that it relies upon empirical evidence (evidence
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calculus and a towering intellect of 18th century Europe‚ wrote: “The first question which should rightly be asked is “Why is there something rather than nothing?” -“The Principles of Nature and of Grace‚ Based on Reason” His conclusion was that the answer is to be found‚ not in the universe of created things‚ but in God. God exists necessarily and is the explanation why anything else exists. LEIBNIZ’s Argument There are 3 basic premises in his reasoning: 1. Everything that exists has an explanation
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defending and supporting the barbaric deed. Even the strong main arguments in support of torture fall flat when stood up against its opposition. It is absurd to believe the ideas that supporters of torture come up with. Many of their arguments only work in very specific situations that may never happen. Should something as unspeakable as torture be allowed because of situations that most likely will never happen? The “ticking bomb” argument is the idea that in the case that there is a limited amount
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Gettys’ political machine—now in complete control of the government of this State!” His opinion of this groups’ work is judgmental. Ad hominen: Kane attacking his Boss Jim Gettys’ political leadership as “the dishonest and downright villainy presented false hopes to the public. Scare tactic: “Here’s one promise I’ll make‚ and boss Jim Gettys knows I’ll keep it:” False dilemma: Kane’s statement “I’d make promises now if I weren’t too busy arranging to keep them” Begging the question: Kane
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The Classical Argument Since rhetors began teaching Greek farmers strategies for appealing their cases to Greek courts in the fifth century B.C.‚ the classical argument has stood as a model for writers who believe their case can be argued logically and plausibly to an open-minded audience. In its simplest form‚ the classical argument has five main parts: The introduction‚ which warms up the audience‚ establishes goodwill and rapport with the readers‚ and announces the general theme or thesis of
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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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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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