Assumptions and Fallacies What are assumptions? How do you think assumptions might interfere with critical thinking? What might you do to avoid making assumptions in your thinking? * An assumption is something we take for granted. We assume our beliefs to be true and use them to interpret the world about us. We humans naturally and regularly use our beliefs as assumptions and make inferences based on those assumptions. We must do so to make sense of where we are‚ what we are about‚ and
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during World War II. Many of the men who fought in Korea were veterans of World War II. Regarding location‚ the conflict in Korea was a limited war‚ unlike the fighting during World War II that spread across the entire globe. It was also the first time the United States would face communist troops in battle. Korea and Japan Japan annexed the Korean peninsula in 1910. The Japanese also gained control of territory in Asia beginning in the 1930s. The status of the territories Japan gained before
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The article “The Right Film at the Right Time” by Hasia Diner discusses the social climate of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s that influenced Joan Micklin Silver’s crafting of her 1975 film Hester Street. She introduces this time period as one of revival and progressivism‚ marked by the trends of many minorities turning back to their “roots‚” as a reminder of how their immigrant families lived before them‚ as well as a wave of feminism and increased focus on the rights of minority groups. Initially
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successful than we expected. In retrospect‚ one of the smart things we did was to introduce only one new element of technology at a time‚ which enabled us to avoid trying to learn several new pieces of complex software and/or approaches at once and mastering none. The first step occurred in 2001‚ when we purchased and installed Time Matters 3.0. We subsequently upgraded several times‚ most recently to Time Matters Enterprise Edition 7.0. Time Matters is the backbone of our system‚ capturing in one
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RESEARCH METHOLOGY/ DESIGN METHOD Assignment 1 : OBSERVATION Title : Why do People Smoke? Table Of Contents Objectives Introduction Hypothesis Research Methology Findings Survey Results Conclusion Objectives Why do people smoke? I choose this topic because smokers among people are getting worse nowadays and I am trying to find out the cause why do people like to smoke. Introduction Nowadays it would be unheard of for people not to smoke. Smoking is
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Do You Waste Time Walking To The Printer? by DAVID KESTENBAUM Listen to the Story All Things Considered [4 min 32 sec] * Add to Playlist * Download * Transcript EnlargeAndreas Rentz/Getty Images Efficiency experts try to make factories like this run more smoothly. text size A A A February 18‚ 2010 Are you one of those people who pour the cream into the mug before the coffee‚ so you won’t have to stir it? Or maybe you alphabetize your spice rack so you can find the nutmeg
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George did the right thing by shooting Lennie. First‚ when Candy finds Curley’s wife laying in the hay dead he immediately gets George. George’s first thought is to lock Lennie up‚ but then realizes that the guys and Curley would want him lynched (Steinbeck 94). When Candy gets Slim and the guys attention to come into the barn George comes in behind them and pleads to Slim to have Lennie be brought in to be locked up. Slim says “s’pose they lock him up an’ strap him down and put him in a cage. That
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Why Aliens Do Not Exist There are several different meanings to the word “alien.” An alien could be a resident born or belonging to a different country‚ a foreigner‚ a person who has been excluded from something‚ or a creature from outer space (extraterrestrial). For this argument‚ a creature from outer space would be the appropriate definition. Many believe extraterrestrials do exist. Many even claim to have seen aircrafts belonging to these extraterrestrials. There have been thousands of
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originate from the nonfiction book The Magic Island‚ a travelogue of Haiti by William Seabrook‚ first published in 1929‚ which detailed his observations of Voodoo zombi‚”(Eldridge). Many different cultures‚ such as West Africa and Haiti‚ have their own versions
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The Bill of Rights consists of the 10 amendments in the United States Constitution. These amendments gave people rights and freedoms such as freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ and the right to bear arms. If the Bill of Rights were made for animals‚ they would receive the rights and freedom that they deserve. Animals deserve a Bill of Rights to a certain extent because they share common emotions and experiences‚ they would have a better lifestyle‚ and however‚ these animals are necessary for
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