The logical fallacies that I have chosen to study in this paper are "Appeal to Emotion" Fallacy‚ "Common Belief" Fallacy‚ and the "Hypothesis Contrary to Fact" fallacy. In the following paragraphs I will be defining the fallacies and how they relate to critical thinking. I will also be providing a popular culture example for each fallacy to illustrate each fallacy. In conclusion I shall attempt to provide Pro ’s and Con ’s for each Fallacy. The first Fallacy I chose was the "Appeal to Emotion"
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Belief has been defined by dictionary as “An acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.” or it is a “psychological state in which an individual holds a conjecture or premise to be true”. However‚ this is just the basic definition of belief‚ and if we think beyond the meanings of this word‚ we would probably realized that these do NOT make sense. There is a scale for belief‚ from -10 to 10‚ from impossible to certain. People believed that after they die‚ they will go to hell
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Reasoning Reasoning is a method of coming to conclusions by the use of logical argument. There are three basic form of reasoning: inductive‚ deductive and the combination of both called inductive/deductive (Walliman & Baiche‚ 2001). Inductive and Deductive Reasoning Inductive Reasoning Inductive reasoning is one method of reasoning that researchers use. It is based on making a conclusion or generalization based on a limited number of observations. Thus‚ it produces from the specific to the general
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Facebook distorts self-perception and identity The number of Facebook users have been growing drastically over the years. Everyone is using Facebook be it‚ for social or and business. Even young people‚ adults in their late 40’s & 50’s also uses Facebook to communicate with friends and family. Some people may or may not realized that Facebook actually do brings some impacts to our live‚ happiness and self-esteem. There is link between Facebook usage and self-esteem. Where it show negative relationship
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CIT 214 – Assignment 1 – Logical Database Design‚ The Big Boys and Girls Gym Database View 1 MEMBER (MEM_ID‚ MEM_LAST‚ MEM_FIRST‚ MEM_EMAIL‚ MEM_LEVEL‚ MEM_BDAY) AK MEM_EMAIL SK MEM_LAST EMAIL (EMAIL_ID‚ MEM_ID‚ C_ID‚ EVENT_ID‚ EMAIL_DESCRIP) SK MEM_ID‚ C_ID‚ EVENT_ID FK MEM_ID ( MEMBER FK C_ID ( CLASS FK EVENT_ID ( EVENT CLASS (C_ID‚ C_NUMBER‚ C_NAME‚ C_START_TIME‚ C_END_TIME‚ C_ACTUAL_DATE) SK C_NUMBER EVENT (EVENT_ID‚ EVENT_DESCRIP) SK
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Provide an example in which you can use deductive reasoning to draw a conclusion. State the axioms or premises used to reach the conclusion. Karen knows if she misses cheerleading practice the day before a game that she will not be able to cheer at the game. Karen misses practice on Tuesday‚ the day before the game. Karen was not allowed to cheer at Wednesday’s game. Deductive Reasoning: (Premises) Fact: Karen knows if she misses cheerleading practice the day before a game she will not
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Philosophical problem was the primary concern of the Pre-Socratics? The pre-Socratics were primarily focused on exploring the main cause of the creation of the world and the basic substance of everything around us. They questioned the one and the many. Instead of acknowledging many of the more traditional mythological explanations of the time for the natural phenomena they saw in the world such as solar eclipses‚ they searched for rational and logical explanations. Their primary concern was the search
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occur ‚ the more likely the collisions that will result in reactions will occur. 2. A(g)+B(g)→C(g) The reaction above is second order with respect to A and zero order with respect to B. Reactants A and B are present in a closed container. Predict how each of the following changes to the reaction system will affect the rate constant and explain why. a. More gas A is added to the container . b. More gas B is added to the container. c. The temperature is increased. d. The inert gas D is added
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The Chronicles of HSMCS (Holy Spirit of Mt. Carmel School) “Great things‚ start from small beginnings.” This is an old adage of many people based from their own experiences. And same as with our beloved school directress Mrs. Belen G. Erlandez‚ who has shown her full determination to established Mt. Carmel School. When classes opened on June‚1986‚ the pupils who enrolled were only 25 in the preparatory‚ where in Mrs.Erlandez started teaching as tutorial. The classes
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CONVERGENCE OF LOGICAL AND PHYSICAL SECURITY SYSTEMS INTRODUCTION Up to now‚ majority of organizations have their physical and logical access systems operating as independent structures‚ with each being run by a totally separate department. The information technology security system‚ which controls access to information technology infrastructure including mail servers‚ the internet‚ database applications and web servers was managed by the department of information technology. The physical security
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