Philosophy Homework 15/09/2011 Deductive Arguments: A deductive argument isn’t necessarily valid‚ it could be invalid. It also isn’t necessarily sound – it could be unsound. If the argument is valid and the premises are true then overall the argument is sound. You will always gain knowledge with a deductive argument. The first premise will link with the second premise in order to make a conclusion. Deductive arguments aren’t based on assumptions. Inductive Arguments: The premises are all true so therefore
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strengthen his argument against people being rooted in ideas. As Rushdie‚ an opponent of the idea of people rooted in places‚ claims that the migration of ideas helps eliminate nationalism‚ Sanders uses historical trends to create an appeal to tradition. Due to a history rooted in immigration and expansion‚ but characterized by nationalism and racism‚ Sanders challenges Rushdie’s ideas by asking “even if‚ by uprooting ourselves‚ we shed out chauvinism‚ is that all we have to lose?” This argument claims
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Philosophy 101 12/8/2011 An Argument That Abortion Is Wrong. The purpose of this essay is to set out an argument that abortion is wrong. Some claim that only in “rare” instances‚ such as rape or within a few days of contraception‚ abortion is acceptable. I will agree that there are certain circumstances that abortion is more “acceptable” than other times‚ albeit however few and far between these instances arise. Instances that make abortion more “okay” are rape‚ and once it is discovered that the
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Community Service Argument Green Bay High Schools are being faced with a very controversial issue‚ which revolves around whether or not community service hours are needed to graduate. High schools are arguing that 24 hours of community service are needed to graduate from their facility of learning‚ but many frustrated students are voicing protests to this demand. This situation has caused much controversy among the school system and many arguments have risen in support and against this community
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Since the 1930s‚ the Theory of Evolution has been the prominent science taught in public schools. Since then‚ Creationists have been fighting tooth-and-nail to have their opposing theory‚ Intelligent Design‚ taught alongside Evolution. Their main argument is that there should be an equal representation of people’s views. Since Creationists’ Intelligent Design theory is a “credible” theory of science held by 40% Americans according to a poll done by Gallup‚ they believe it should be taught alongside
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Moore−Parker: Critical Thinking‚ Eighth Edition 7. The Anatomy and Varieties of Arguments Exercises © The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ 2007 EXERCISES 231 When a premise is unstated‚ try to supply a reasonable assumption that would make the argument valid or strong. I If you have trouble tracking the parts of an argument that appears in a written passage‚ try diagramming the passage. I Exercise 7-1 Indicate which blanks would ordinarily contain premises and which would ordinarily
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bleed"(199) She Martian that there is no legitimate distinction between rape and pornography‚ describing pornography as "sexual terrorism" () Implicit to virtually every aspect of Mackinnon’s arguments is the assumption that women are unmitigated‚ unequal perpetual victims of human sexuality. This argument is harmful to the feminist cause because it divorces women from their sexuality. It creates a double standard in which women are inherently degraded by sex‚ but men are not. It perpetuates the
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sympathizes with the lonely lives politicians tend to have. He describes the power of true friendship and having a companion who has a genuine interest in listening and helping in the middle of so many spotlights. If society would accept Machiavelli’s argument
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Jozui’s argument in this quote is that advertising that use celebrities to endorse or promote the product is not effective at all and rather insulting to the person watching said advertisement. She also argues that because this is insulting to the consumer‚ there should be rules and guidelines for advertisers to follow so that the advertisement is more effective and does not at all insult the viewer’s intelligence at all. I agree with Jozui’s argument that celebrities endorsing and promoting products
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John Greavu Mark Herr Philosophy 1002 12 November 2012 The Façade of the Teleological Argument In Accordance with David Hume’s “Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion” The Teleological argument for the existence of God seems strikingly compelling at first glance‚ but greatly weakens once it becomes subjected to intense discourse. This argument‚ also referred to as the “design argument”‚ is an a posteriori argument claiming that through observation of the universe we can discover evidence of intelligent
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