Case Study AcuScan Operation Optimize GEN480 – Capstone Course 1. Describe all assumptions seen in any of documents provided in the case study. a. Kelly 1. Pat doesn’t know anything about quality control. 2. Doesn’t think the features can be developed in time. 3. Pat doesn’t have technology experience because he came from the cereal industry. 4. Under staffed due to layoffs last year. . 5. Doesn’t think the budget is realistic. b. Pat 1. Prototype available by August 2. Kelly has no
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Use the case materials to complete this assignment. ANALYSIS 1. Describe one (per instructors change week one) assumptions seen in any documents provided. a. Kelly Through several emails and communications‚ Kelly assume that there is not enough time to meet the deadline of August for the project. Even though Pat seems to show that‚ there is some chance to do so. b. Pat believes that an "Operation Optimization" project needs to be embarked on now to improve the market shares of AcuScan. She
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AcuScan‚ Inc. Case Study Assumptions/Arguments Kelly (Chief Engineer of Product Software) thinks that Chris is jumping the gun and not willing to wait to create a sufficient product‚ considering that AcuScan is already short of staff‚ no time to come up with a new product and budget. Kelly is also trying to explain that the company does not have amply time to create new features since when creating new features; everything has to be tested to make sure the product is working right before put
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Fallacies are defects that have the power to weaken an argument. Fallacious arguments are much more common than we may think‚ and they tend be persuasive to the casual listener or reader. Politicians‚ celebrities‚ and advertisement commercials constantly make use of them. As an example of a fallacy‚ I’m going to use the Hollywood celebrity Alec Baldwin in the commercial for Hulu. Alec Baldwin is known for his success in the movie industry. His career began on television in an NBC soap opera called
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Fallacious Arguments in the Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence is among the most profoundly interpreted and fiercely discussed documents in modern history. Most likely because of its rhetorical style and numerous fallacious arguments that are found. The colonists’ use of persuasion to influence by using repetition to achieve their means. The Declaration of Independence is what 56 colonists saw as a logical course of action. What you must ask yourself is: What was considered
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1. Fallacious Arguments Considering the fallacies discussed in Chapter Four of An Introduction to Logic‚ construct three different arguments that display distinct fallacies. Give an explanation of why each makes a mistake in drawing the conclusion it does. Review your classmates’ examples and see if they‚ in fact‚ commit the fallacy identified. Before getting to examples of different arguments that display distinct fallacies I will define a fallacious argument. In our text fallacy is defined
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The exercise provided a great sense of bad arguments and the various fallacies. The quiz gave examples of fallacious appeals such as questionable authority‚ common belief; two wrongs do not equal a right‚ common practice‚ wishful thinking and indirect consequences. Generally speaking the multiple choice answers were tricky as most of the choices were very similar in content and form. The trick to identifying the correct answer is found in previous reading and looking forward. Key words or the
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Dave Kovic runs a temporary employment agency named Kovic’s Temps in Georgetown‚ Washington‚ D.C. He also has a sideline job of impersonating President Bill Mitchell because they have a resemblance. One day‚ he is requested to make an appearance as the President at a hotel by Duane Stevensen‚ a secret service agent. Dave thought it as it’s just a matter of security‚ but the truth is just to cover up Mitchell’s extramarital affair with Randi‚ a White House staffer. One night‚ when President Mitchell
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what is fallacy? According to Wikipedia “A fallacy is an argument that uses poor reasoning. An argument can be fallacious whether or not its conclusion is true”. Fallacies are part of everyday and become a basic in certain aspects of life. According to the writing center of UNC‚ there are a lot of fallacies. Here is some of fallacies look likes: Hasty generalization Definition: Making assumptions about a whole group or range of cases based on a sample that is inadequate (usually because it is
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Explain The Regress Argument’ for Foundationalism. Why does Dancy hold that this argument is fallacious? Is he right? One of the primary questions concerning epistemology is that of how we justify true beliefs? The regress argument is a problem imbedded in epistemology and‚ in general‚ a problem in any given situation where a statement or belief has to be justified. The Regress argument starts with the idea that some beliefs are justified by reference to others. "All agree that some of our beliefs
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