1. The (first) Cohen Fallacy is a term used to describe the erroneous method by which Cohen argues that socialism is superior to capitalism. In this method‚ one compares an ideal form of an economic governing system to a realistic form of an economic system and claims that the former is better. The issue here is that one makes a comparison between vastly different systems operating under differing assumptions‚ and therefore fails to compare them properly. Hence‚ the claim that one could be better
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The founding fathers set up the Presidential Election so that the people would be able to govern themselves‚ instead of being ruled by a tyrant. The presidential election should be an important event in all Americans’ lives‚ yet many do not understand the process or how important it is. Understanding this process may help people to realize why they need to become involved in the Presidential Election. Becoming a candidate for presidency in a political party is not as easy as announcing you are going
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Apple suffered loss of revenue and loss of market share for over thirteen years. Second‚ Apple is losing its customer loyalty and the specificity of its products by installing more and more Microsoft and Intel software onto its products. Third‚ in 2008‚ as more than a quarter of its iPhones fell into “gray market‚” Apple suffered a certain amount of loss of service share revenue. At last‚ more and more smartphones from Apple competitors are entering the market‚ which brings iPhone and iPod a lot
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America‚ numerous interest groups participate in a continuous debate on the ethics of this procedure. Two prominent documentaries that circulate the media are FrackNation by Phelim McAleer and Gasland by Josh Fox. Each documentary presents its view of pro-fracking and anti-fracking‚ respectively through a series of various logical fallacies. FrackNation efficiently refutes the claims of Gasland through the effective use of logical fallacies. The successful use
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The 2008 Financial Crisis The United States economy is built on credit and combined with the reality that greed played a large part in the events leading up to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC)‚ the United States experienced one of the its worst financial crisis in its history. Easy credit‚ the housing slump‚ banks holding risky mortgages and tax regulations all played a significant part in causing the GFC of 2008/09. The major cause of the 2008 Financial Crisis is the Subprime Mortgage and Subprime
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Presidential Ad Essay Presidential candidates tweak their political formats and focuses depending on a scientific study of American’s interests in different demographics. This scientific process is studied by one company called Spectrum who specializes in electoral demographics. During the study this company examines “voting patterns of people based on their similarities and differences” (Spectrum). The information this company provides includes ways to look at the voter profiles‚ demographic
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Patrick Henry: Fallacy In his speech during the Virginia Convention‚ Patrick Henry used a dynamic tone to express his ideas. He utilized the rhetorical technique of fallacy to persuade his audience into thinking that America’s independence was necessary for the good of the nation and its people. Henry takes advantage of fallacies such as the either or fallacy‚ fallacy of complex questions‚ appeal of consequence‚ and appeal to emotion to implement his ideas into the audience. One common
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Fallacy Summary and Application "Critical thinking is disciplined thinking governed by clear intellectual standards. Among the most important of these intellectual standards is clarity‚ precision‚ accuracy‚ relevance‚ consistency‚ logical‚ correctness‚ completeness and fairness" (Bassham‚ 2002). In order to achieve a conclusion that incorporates all of the intellectual standards‚ the critical thinker must have the ability to identify and evaluate logical fallacies in arguments. This paper will
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Crisis of 2008 What happened? Is considered by many economists to have been the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It threatened the total collapse of large financial institutions‚ which was prevented by the bailout of banks by national governments‚ but stock markets still dropped worldwide. In many areas‚ the housing market also suffered‚ resulting in evictions‚ foreclosures and prolonged unemployment. The crisis played a significant role in the failure of key businesses
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A Formal fallacy is an error in logic that can be seen in the argument’s form without requiring an understanding of the argument’s content. All formal fallacies are specific types of non sequiturs. * Appeal to probability – takes something for granted because it would probably be the case‚ (or might possibly be the case). * Argument from fallacy – assumes that if an argument for some conclusion is fallacious‚ then the conclusion itself is false. * Base rate fallacy – making a probability
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