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    Love is a fallacy

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    Composition of advanced English Love Is a Fallacy   Love is a fallacy. This definition became true the moment Mr. Darcy met Elizabeth Bennet.   Apparently‚ the love that belongs to Darcy and Elizabeth contains too much fallacies and accidents. Rarely could anybody believe that this miraculous relationship would happen in our daily life; nevertheless‚ this story precisely indicates the essence of a solid love affair which is truly enlightening

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    MATERIAL FALLACIES

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    MATERIAL FALLACIES MATERIAL FALLACIESFallacies of Relevance – irrelevant premises (diversion) • • • • • The appeal to populace (ad populum) The appeal to pity (ad misericordiam) The appeal to force (ad baculum) The argument against person (ad hominem) Irrelevant Conclusion • Fallacies of Defective Induction – weak premises • • • • The argument from ignorance (ad ignorantiam) The appeal to inappropriate authority (ad vericundiam) False Cause Hasty Generalization MATERIAL FALLACIES • Fallacies

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    More Fallacies Quiz

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    More Fallacies Quiz I (See related pages) Results Reporter | | Out of 3 questions‚ you answered 2 correctly with a final grade of 67% | | | | | | 2 correct (67%) | | | | 1 incorrect (33%) | | | | 0 unanswered (0%) | | | Your Results: | The correct answer for each question is indicated by a . | ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Please answer all questions. | 1 CORRECT | | It is fair to say that all rhetorical devices tempt

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    Assumptions and Fallacies

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    Associate Level Material Appendix D Assumptions and Fallacies Write a 150- to 200-word response to each of the following questions: • What are assumptions? How do you think assumptions might interfere with critical thinking? What might you do to avoid making assumptions in your thinking? • What are fallacies? How are fallacies used in written‚ oral‚ and visual arguments? What might you do to avoid fallacies in your thinking? Cite and reference any sourced material consistent with

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    Court...................................................................................................... 5 Ratio Decidendi & Obiter Dictum ......................................................................................... 6 Types of Precedent ................................................................................................................ 7 (1) Decisions of courts lower in the hierarchy........................................................................ 9 (2) Decisions

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    Fusion Fallacy

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    Equity Essay 1. Introduction Two jurisdictions of law exist in Australia: equity and common law. ‘Equity is ‘the body of law developed by the Court of Chancery in England before 1873. Its justification was that it corrected‚ supplemented and amended the common law. It softened and modified many of the injustices at common law‚ and provided remedies where‚ at law‚ they were either inadequate or non-existent.’[1] Common law is ‘the unwritten law derived from the traditional law of England as

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    Informal Fallacies

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    There are many informal fallacies that can be discussed but I have chosen to speak of Bifurcation‚ and the Red Herring Fallacy. Bifurcation is a fallacy in which you are given a situation and a choice to make. It tries to let one feel as though it is either of those options but in reality there could be many more. In a sense it is like not telling the complete truth. You don’t really lie because you didn’t actually give a false choice or statement‚ but you didn’t really give all of the information

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    Judicial precedent - Law

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    Judicial precedent is based upon the Latin maxim "stare decisis" which loosely translates into "stand by what has been decided and do not unsettle the established". Judicial precedent is the source of law where past decisions of the judges create law for future judges to follow‚ this law can be found in judgement that is binding. Ratio Decidendi is the part of the judgement that is binding. In the English legal system‚ higher courts bind lower courts so lower courts have to follow the past decisions

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    & disadvantages of following the practice of precedent in a legal sense. Answer:- The doctrines of binding precedent is concerned with the importance of case laws in English legal system. If one case has decided a point of law then it is logical that solution will be looked at in the future. The American Judge‚ Oliver Wendell said ‘the life of the law has not been logic it has been experience’‚ Miles Kingston put it another way: binding precedent means ‘A trick which has been tried before successfully’

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    Fallacy: A Misconception

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    Fallacy is a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning. Even though we pay careful attention to our arguments and supports; we tend sometimes to commit mistakes. However‚ through critical thinking we could diminish faulty arguments. There are numerous significant topics to critical thinking. One aspect of these particular topics is the ‘fallacy’. In order to be a critical thinker‚ one should be able to recognize and avoid logical fallacies whenever possible. Discussed throughout this essay

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