Problem: You are playing Guess Your Card with three (3) other players. Here is what you see: Andy has the cards 1‚ 5‚ and 7 Belle has the cards 5‚ 4‚ and 7 Carol has the cards 2‚ 4‚ and 6 Andy draws the question card‚ “Do you see two (2) or more players whose cards sum to the same value?” He answers‚ “Yes.” Next Belle draws the question card‚ “Of the five (5) odd numbers‚ how many different odd numbers do you see?” She answers‚ “All of them.” Andy suddenly speaks up. "I know what I have
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Philosophy 201—Practical Logic Loyola University New Orleans Ben Bayer Summer 2012 Homework #1 DUE: Tuesday‚ September 11th‚ (at 11:59pm‚ just before midnight) Directions For each of the listed fallacious arguments‚ select an answer to each of questions (a) and (b). For both (a) and (b)‚ select ONE AND ONLY ONE answer from (i) through (vii). For most of the answers in (b) you will need to fill in the specified blanks with details from the argument to fully explain
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THE CATEGORICAL SYLLOGISM The categorical syllogism is the principal form of deductive interference. Its absolute manner of inferring when applied to certain premises is the kind most suited for imparting scientific and philosophical knowledge. We may describe the Categorical Syllogism as a form of mental discourse wherein two concepts are compared to a third ‘middle concept’‚ and from the agreement of both with the middle concept‚ the mind infers agreement of both concepts among themselves;
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. One good method to test quickly syllogisms is the Venn Diagram technique. This class assumes you are already familiar with diagramming categorical propositions. You might wish to review these now: Venn Diagrams. | | A. A syllogism is a two premiss argument having three terms‚ each of which is used twice in the argument. | | B. Each term ( major‚ minor‚ and middle terms) can be represented by a circle. | | C. Since a syllogism is valid if and only if the premisses entail the conclusion
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universe and everything. Abstractly it could be argued that all of our knowledge is based on intuition‚ although it’s said that different ways of knowing such as perception and reason give us knowledge‚ they depend on intuition. Reason: The laws of logic are the starting point of all our reasoning‚
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Imagine being in love with someone so deeply that you want to spend the rest of your life with that person‚ and ask for his or her hand in marriage. But you aren’t able to because you and your lover are of same sex‚ and live in a state like Texas where gay marriage is prohibited. There is a loophole though‚ you do have the option of traveling one thousand miles to the closest state that allows you to wed. Initially‚ some people may think that’s okay‚ it’s just another adventure in your life right
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Logic & Critical Thinking - PHIL-C115-002: MIDTERM- — P A G E 1 — 1. "Critical Thinking" is another name for logic. | True | x | False | 2. In the broadest sense‚ _______________‚ is just any matter that is in dispute‚ in doubt‚ or simply "up for review." | logic | | critical thinking | x | an issue | | a premise | 3. Learning how to distinguish between good and bad arguments makes one a better global citizen. x | True | | False | 4. Premises and conclusions are
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ABSTARCT Fuzzy logic has rapidly become one of the most successful of today’s technologies for developing sophisticated control systems. The reason for which is very simple. Fuzzy logic addresses such applications perfectly as it resembles human decision making with an ability to generate precise solutions from certain or approximate information. While other approaches require accurate equations to model real-world behaviors‚ fuzzy design can accommodate the ambiguities of real-world in human language
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C HAPTER 1 © 2008 Pearson Education‚ Inc. 1-1. (a) (1) Calm: or (2) 10 mph (3) 100 mph (b) The microcomputer requires a table or equation for converting from rotations/second to miles/hour. The pulses produced by the rotating disk must be counted over a known period of time‚ and the table or equation used to convert the binary count to miles per hour. 1-2. –34° quantizes to –30° => 1 V => 0001 +31° quantizes to +30° => 7 V => 0111 +77° quantizes to +80° => 12 V => 1100
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The Flea 1. What has been the past relationship of the speaker and the woman? What has she denied him? How has she habitually “kill[ed]” him? What is his objective in the poem? 2. In many ways this poem is like a miniature play: it has two characters‚ dramatic conflict‚ dialogue (though we only hear one speaker)‚ and stage action. The action is embedded in the dialogue. What happens preceding the first line of the poem? What happens between the first and second stanzas? Between the second
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