ARGUMENTS VS EXPLANATIONS EXPLANATIONS An explanation is a group of statements that try to show how or why something is or will be the case. Specifically‚ we use an explanation when we try to explain what makes a claim true. The event or the phenomenon in question is usually accepted as a matter of fact. Explanations do NOT prove why something is the case. Every explanation is composed of two parts: The explanandum (a statement that describes the event that is supposed to be explained)‚ and
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reality—that is‚ the idea that objects are wholly present and only present in the ‘now’—a bold conclusion is made: that the endurantist contradicts himself in believing an object that has changed is identical to itself in a time before it had changed. The argument is this: endurantists believe that every object is numerically identical to (is the same as) itself at every point in time during its ‘object-hood’ or lifespan. For example‚ a piano is the same object now as it will be ten years from now. However
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Schools are built by the hundreds every year. Parents rely on the schooling and its staff to take care of their kids throughout the day while they are at work or are running errands. If you notice‚ however‚ schools have to practice lockdown drills every couple of months and now have to keep their inside classroom doors locked. Why do they do this? “Every time you stop a school‚ you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It’s like feeding a dog on his own tail.
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In academic writing‚ an argument is usually a main idea‚ often called a “claim” or “thesis statement‚” backed up with evidence that supports the idea. In most college papers‚ one needs to make some sort of claim and use evidence to support it. One’s ability to do this will separate a good paper from other papers. We use argument in everyday life to convince somebody of my ideas or opinion‚ convince our teachers we deserve a better grade. A better argument is accomplished if no emotion is involved
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differences and come together to deescalate the effects climate change is having on the world. One of the biggest arguments made against global warming is that the Earth’s climate has always gone through phases where it warmed and cooled and that the 20th-century rise in global temperature is just an example
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Argument Essay: Gilded Age AP Humanities Keelie O ’Brien 1/10/15 Conservationist John Muir once said‚ "The world‚ we are told‚ was made especially for man a presumption not supported by all the facts.” The Gilded Age was a period of great progress for industrial and economical growth in American history. Many from the time period‚ as well as the present‚ viewed this progress as positive. In reality‚ the innovations of the era have become our downfall. To better our civilization‚ we eradicated species like the wolf
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LINH HONG MY LE DATE: 02/27/13 AGRUMENT PROFFESSOR: VICKI SAPP ARGO is a near deftly crafted thriller‚ jingoist agitprop‚ full-on Islamophobic mockumentary By Eric Verlo 1. The essay is told about that movie is rated AYFKM-Film Critics are unanimous in their Praise of Argo. Either these reviews also reflect media Agencies uniformly shrugging off Argo’s obvious anti-Iranian jingoism or these authors are inured to crude Islamophobic Propaganda. Argo is not a documentary‚ although it asserts
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Battle The Right to die is a highly debatable and argumentative subject at present surrounded by controversy and dilemma requiring public attention. For years‚ arguments among different doctrines and viewpoint in regards to ones “right to die” have public opinion beginning to move away from modern medicine‚ back to the historical arguments on euthanasia: to avoid suffering the dying person has the right to end their life by another if that is necessary. Our society is at war in arguing to protect
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that has plagued mankind since the earliest years of our existence when humans began to think logically. Both sides of the argument of God’s existence have been argued by many philosophers over the years and yet both sides of the argument are still very prominent today. Theists have found many compelling arguments to support their cause however there is one substantial argument known as ‘The Problem of Evil’ which contradicts the beliefs of theists. In this paper I will explain what the problem of
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and will continue to be ever present that occurs in schools‚ in the past several years however cheating has seen an increase in all demographics especially through the use of technology. The age old idea that cheating was for the struggling is no longer a realistic view on the issue‚ in fact‚ quite often it’s the most achieving students that are caught cheating‚ a chilling concept that has cast a shadow over the American education system‚ begging the question‚ why do students cheat‚ and what can be done to both change the mentality
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