Red Herring fallacy is a fallacy‚ which someone presents a new issue‚ or argument that disturbs from the original topic. So they try to bring an unrelated subject to interfere the topic that originally was started in the beginning. For example: Daughter: Mom‚ Can I go to a party tonight? Mom: How can I be certain your not going to drink alcohol? Daughter: Ugh mom‚ how can you even consider that when I’ve been doing homework all day! This is an example of red herring because “doing homework all
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1. Since the mid-1960 ’s‚ corporate liquidity has been declining. What reasons can you give for this trend? I think the reason for less liquidity since mid-1960’s is due to efficiency in management‚ use of cash flow‚ and the potential of maximizing earnings of a firm’s money. As our text puts it‚ it can be “traced to more efficient inventory management such as just-in-time inventory programs‚ point-of-sales terminals‚ more efficient cash management‚ electronic cash flow transfer systems‚ and
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SIT/AFFILIATE INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF GHANA P.O.BOX LG 73 LEGON – ACCRA 18TH FEBRUARY 2013 The Administrative Secretary Institute Of African Studies P.O.BOX LG 73 Legon. Dear Sir/Madam EXTENSION OF VISA SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAINING (SIT) The SIT programme based at the institute of African Studies‚ university of Ghana‚ is the study Abroad component of world learning Inc. a university in the USA located in Brattleboro‚ Vermont. For this spring semester (February-May)
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Canada in a Post 9/11 World September 11th‚ 2001‚ the day that the biggest terrorist attacks in history took place‚ the attack on the World Trade Centre in New York City. Even though this act of terrorism took place in the United States‚ it still had a major effect on Canada and changed a lot about the country and formatted what Canada is today. I will speak of four ways in which 9/11 affected Canada: The accusation that some of the hijackers entered the U.S. through Canada‚ how 9/11 affected
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Marijuana as a Gateway Drug: The Causal Fallacy The marijuana plant‚ perhaps the most widely-used illicit drug in the world‚ was once demonized by authorities and the media. In the 1936 film Marijuana: Weed with Roots in Hell‚ director Dwain Esper portrayed teens smoking marijuana and then engaging in perceived evils such as nude bathing and unchaperoned partying‚ with one girl becoming pregnant. The film went on to further depict the characters becoming addicted to marijuana and committing serious
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What are the advantages and limitations of cohesive groups? “Groups differ in their cohesiveness —the degree to which members are attracted to each other and motivated to stay in the group”. (Robbins & Judge‚ 2013‚ p288) Is it right if the more cohesive groups are‚ the more effective groups are? This is up to groups’ performance‚ objectives and abilities of each member. “Cohesiveness affects group productivity. Studies consistently show that the relationship between cohesiveness and productivity
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What is Postcolonial Literature? In a broad sense‚ postcolonial literature is writing which has been “affected by the imperial process from the moment of colonization to the present day” (Ashcroft et al‚ 2). In India’s case‚ this includes novels‚ poetry‚ and drama which were written both during and after the British Raj or “Reign‚” which came to a formal conclusion with Indian Independence in August 1947. Although writing from India and other formerly colonized countries such as Nigeria‚ Jamaica
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large corporations‚ small businesses play just as important a part in the economy. attract more attention and make more headlines in the media. are not as important to the well-being of society. are highly visible. One glaring example of poor ethics practiced by small businesses in general is lack of pollution controls. untruthful labeling of products. lack of loyalty to employees. fraudulent reporting of income and expenses for income tax purposes. Different
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fact‚ the fallacy‚ questions claims made with certainty about what would have happened if a past event or condition would have been different from what is actually was. Fallacies are errors in logical reasoning‚ or when an arguments language is wrong or vague. However‚ many of these errors aren’t determined in the argument until they are analyzed because they appear to “look good”. There are numerous types of fallacies: informal fallacies‚ formal fallacies‚ fallacies of ambiguity‚ fallacies of presumption
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Appeal to pity b. The decrease in smoking can be attributed to increased restrictions on smoking in public. Although smoking has decreased you should not conclude that the result of smoking in public restrictions was the cause of the decrease. – Post hoc reasoning c. Bill Jensen’s proposal to create an on-site day-care center is just the latest of his harebrained ideas. The fact that Bill Jensen proposes to create an on-site-day-care center does not mind that the idea is unwise. – Ad hominem
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