CRITICAL THINKING PSU LOGICAL FALLACIES Ad hominem or ATTACKING THE PERSON. Attacking the arguer rather than his/her argument. Example: John’s objections to capital punishment carry no weight since he is a convicted felon. Note: Saying something negative about someone is not automatically ad hominem. If a person (politician for example) is the issue‚ then it is not a fallacy to criticize him/her. Ad ignorantium or APPEAL TO IGNORANCE. Arguing on the basis of what is not known and cannot be
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ultimately greater battle: the battle of free will versus determinism. Free will is the ability for a human being to make decisions as to what life he or she would like to lead and have the freedom to live according to their own means and choose their own destiny.
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What does it mean to have power and integrity? Having power can mean multiple things. It can mean having control or an influence over people or things. It can mean something as small as having control over your own head. Power is capability and ability to control things‚ people‚ or yourself. Integrity is honesty and holding strong moral principles. Having both power and integrity gives a person goals (integrity) and motivation (power) to achieve them. How can power impact today’s word? Power is
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People have mindsets‚ fixed mindsets and growth mindsets. People that have growth mindsets don’t give up easily and tries their hardest. People with fixed mindsets give up easily without trying their best. But what mindset does Juli have? Juli probably has a growth mindset. In Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen‚ Julianna has a growth mindset. When Bryce plants a sycamore tree‚ Juli says‚” So maybe I should go over there and thank him” (pg 212). This shows she has a growth mindset because she is willing
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nature. In doing so‚ people must mutually give up certain powers and freedoms and delegate them to a centralized power‚ thus providing the basis of a social contract. In return for the populace giving up certain rights‚ this established power would provide protection and establish order (Hobbes‚ 17.13). Curiously though‚ Hobbes contends that a social contract applies solely to the citizenry (Hobbes‚ 18.4). Stated another way‚ the established power in which the citizens defer power to is not beholden
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How does the media affect peoples perception of body image? SOURCE 1 this website is a good source as it shows us that the average model is around 98% thinner than the average woman. Magazines‚ especially fashion ones‚ are full of pictures of unrealistic sized models‚ which can lower the self esteem of teenagers as it makes them belive that this it is healthy and normal to be a seze zero which it is not. SOURCE 2 social networks are one of the main body image influences as there are
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Mayella doesn’t have power‚ although she is white‚ because she is a female living behind a dumpster.Why does her gender effect her in the early 1900s? Does her race give her some power? Does mayella have power to control herself? In the early 1900s‚ power was divided in whites up and African-Americans down. Mayella has some power because of her race‚ white. She has more power than Tom because everyone that is white there is downstairs and everyone that is African-American is up stairs. She had more
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TV corrupts our children. Jerome Singer once said‚ “If you came and saw a strange man teaching your kids to punch each other‚ or trying to sell them all kind of products‚ you’d kick him right out of the house‚ but here you are; you come in and the TV is on‚ and you don’t think twice about it.” He is correct; entertainment television is an especially bad influence on children for many reasons‚ including not enough control on violence. These things are quite literally ruining America by corrupting
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How many classification does a gang have? There are several type of typologies in a gang which leads to active/regular gang‚ associate gang members‚ hard core gang member knowns as OG( orginal gang stars) and wannabes. Active gang members and associate gang member use hand signs to communicate each other‚ write gang graffiti‚ wear gang color clothing to represent their gang. But‚ what makes a associate gang separate from regular gang is that after‚ the associate gang memeber get fit to the gang they
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was used as a type of population control. Then in the Roman Times men had total control over the procedure. "Man could give law-enforced command that his wife have an abortion‚ or he could punish or divorce his wife for having one without his consent" (Encyclopedia‚ 1995‚ p.43). Today many people ask the question‚ does abortion have severe psychological effects? People that are pro-life claim that most women who abort their unborn child suffer from many negative effects‚ such as guilty feelings
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