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    Philosophy is the systematic explanation. Science is description‚ generalization‚ or law and demands a single explanation‚ which is philosophy. The explanation which philosophy offers is what must be the case in order for something to be as it is. Thales was an astronomer who was the first to predict an eclipse of the sun in 585 B.C. Thales said that the universe is one thing which was water‚ or matter. Thales lived in Miletus‚ then part of Greece and now present day Turkey. Herakleitos said

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    1. What’s the issue at hand (question at issue)? The issue at hand which is stated in the writing’s thesis is “I think legacies do deserve extra attention from the admissions office”. 2. Is it significant? Yes‚ this issue affects all current and future students and applicants to Cromwell‚ and could influence the entire scholarly community. 3. a. List the claims being made (you need to find 6 + claims) 1] Legacy applicants are more likely to do well when they get to Cromwell

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    Yes‚ but It’s Not Crazy" might appeal to a wide variety of readers since it can educate the reader from its accessible yet informative style‚ it is to a certain extent effective because it has a number of logical fallacies and displays a large amount of lack of

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    Part 2 – Moral Reasoning‚ Review Questions Review Questions 1. What is the difference between persuasion and argument? There are several differences between persuasion and argument. Persuasion is based on an individual’s opinion while an argument is based on presenting facts to support their position. Persuasion weighs heavily on emotions versus argument is very logic driven. 2. What is a deductive argument? An inductive argument? A deductive argument is intended to be a guarantee

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    such as facts‚ quotes‚ and statistics.) Type your response here: c. Errors in logic‚ or fallacies‚ can make an argument appear weak and unconvincing. Read about good arguments versus fallacies‚ and complete the five exercises. Then write two syllogisms of your own that are based on fallacies‚ and explain their logical errors. You might choose from these fallacies: validity problem‚ post hoc‚ slippery slope‚ straw man‚ inconsistency‚ begging the question‚ false dilemma‚ non sequitur‚ and ad hominem

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    speech in which I choose to complete my review on was the “1992 Republican National Convention Address: A Whisper of AIDS” by May Fisher (1992) • What are some examples of bias‚ fallacies‚ and specific rhetorical devices in the speech you selected? For this question I would first like to address the question of fallacies as while the speech has to do with a serious topic‚ I found the tone of the speech to be using the scare tactic technique. Sentences such as this “…or listening in the quiet of

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    The hot topic that has been controversial recently has been the new policy for public bathrooms to be identified as gender neutral bathrooms. People who identify as a gender other than their biological sex are allowed to use the bathroom based on how they identify themselves. According to the M.D. Vliet (2016)‚ states “… opened a new Pandora’s Box of dangers to the public‚ especially for women and girls‚ with the new push for “gender neutral” public bathrooms” (para. 1). This recent issue has brought

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    Argumentative Fallacies "Writers of argumentative essays must appear logical or their readers will reject their point of view. Here is a short list of some of the most common logical fallacies--that is‚ errors in reasoning. Check your rough drafts carefully to avoid these problems. "Students sometimes ask‚ ’If a logical fallacy works‚ why not use it? Isn’t all fair in love‚ war‚ and argumentative essays?’ The honest answer is maybe. It’s quite true that speakers and writers do use faulty logic

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    tgt(oxymoron) e.g. –ve growth; friendly fire; conditional self-rule Informal Fallacyfallacies that can be discovered through analysis of content of the argument A. Linguistic Fallacy 1. Equitation(ambiguous lang) reading bk is better than nth; the more u study‚ the less u know 2. Fallacy of composition-assume characteristic of part will cause the same chracteristic to the whole e.g. Messi and football team; Tong Leung and film 3. Fallacy of division-characteristic of wholepart e.g. Real Madrid; Ferrari;

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    tactic to substitute fear for reason (Moore‚ 2009). Mattlin bases his claim on comparing the abuse of physician assisted death in other states to elder abuse in Massachusetts‚ committing a rhetorical analogy. This is also an example of the slippery slope fallacy (Moore‚ 2009). Since elderly abuse is already so prominent‚ “how will assisted suicide be abused if it becomes legal?” While the context of abuse is similar‚ Mattlin states nothing to support that elder abuse leads to assisted death abuse

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