the statements do not serve to infer a conclusion or support one another. This is distinct from a logical fallacy‚ which indicates an error in reasoning. a. Warnings A warning is a type of simple non-inferential passage that serves to alert a person to any sort of potential danger. This can be as simple as a road sign indicating falling rock or a janitorial sign indicating a wet‚ slippery floor. b. Piece of advice A piece of advice is a type of simple non-inferential passage that recommends
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Stereotyping People We Don’t Know PHI 103: Informal Logic Instructor: Anthony Biduck February 18‚ 2013 According to the Dictionary of Psychology‚ a stereotype is “...a fixed‚ over generalized belief about a particular group or class of people” (Cardwell‚ 1996). A good example of stereotyping is anytime a person groups races or individuals together and makes judgments about them‚ without even knowing them. Stereotypes are often confused with prejudices‚ because they are both based
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I chose the article THE CASE FOR GAY MARRIAGE written by Michael Nava and Robert Dawidoff. I chose this article to compare because I have similar views of that of the said authors. Since the assignment is not‚ however; for us to express our views on the topic‚ I will try my best not to be persuasive in writing. The authors start off by saying “…Marriage is how society recognizes the intimate and lasting bond between two people‚ and in turn it has become a cornerstone of the American family…” Just
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government mandated suffering. This claim would be similar to saying that laws against selling contaminated food are government mandated starvation. In a society as obsessed with the costs of health care and the principle of utility‚ the dangers of the slippery slope are far from fantasy. Assisted suicide is like a half-way house‚ or a stop on the way to other forms of direct euthanasia. If terminating life is a benefit‚ the reasoning goes‚ why should euthanasia be limited only to those who can give
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Opinion of Guan Yin SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 11-817 STATE OF FLORIDA‚ Petitioner‚ v. CLAYTON HARRIS‚ Respondent. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA Syllabus The case present before us involves the constitutionality of a dog sniff in regards to the 4rth Amendment. The respondent claims that the police
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Jaime Hamilton 22 May 2014 Phil 3 Term Project Phase 3 A very controversial argument amongst Americans is determining that the current legal drinking age which is 21 should be lowered to eighteen or not. Alcohol consumption has become the number one choice drug to be used by America’s adolescents. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) wrote in their fact sheet titled “Underage Drinking”: “Particularly worrisome among adolescents is the high prevalence of binge drinking... Underage drinkers consume
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-Here’s a Google Doc’s of this discussion post in case anybody wants to read it in an easier‚ readable format. I attached it as a downloadable file to this thread as well. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DIZkdtdZLL7CNgPBQYQQ35eDgV5LB_ig3RpqzYa3cr8/edit?usp=sharing -Even though this writing had a lot of statistics‚ I found “My Alzheimer’s Nightmare and Why It Will Soon Be Yours” by Tiffany Stanley to be more appealing compared to the piece of writing we read last week. The author did a fantastic
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of the most prolific cases of human rights violations in history‚ and thus have presented the world with the enigma of trying and sentencing these criminals without violating the mandates (or norms) that they wish to enforce. Faced with lack of precedent‚ many courts have seemingly cited laws for the first time only after they have been broken‚ risking the viability of both the court and distorting law internationally. Furthermore‚ the trials of the offenders are often little more than post-conflict
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Persuasive Opinion Writing The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals: 21st Century Skills—You will use critical-thinking skills and effectively communicate your ideas. Directions Please save this document before you begin working on the assignment. Type your answers directly in the document. _________________________________________________________________________ Self-Checked Activities Write a response for each of these activities. At the end of the lesson‚ click
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Nishant Jasani TOK essay 1 "All of the other Ways of Knowing are controlled by language." The author of this statement is claiming that the language we use controls all of our other ways of knowing‚ which are perception‚ emotion‚ and reason. This author is declaring that without language‚ we would not know anything. Our
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