[pic] PCR0025 Critical Thinking All Foundation ONLINE NOTES Topic 3: Argumentation • Argument is a claim put forward and defended with reasons. • Arguments are composed of: 1. Premises 2. Conclusion • Statement: A sentence that can sensibly be regarded as either true or false. • 2 things about statements: 1. A sentence may be used to express more than one statement. 2. Not all sentences are statements
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Social African slavery in the American colonies first began in the 1670’s and 1680’s‚ particularly in the Chesapeake region. However‚ it wasn’t until the 1700’s that slavery became a full blown business. Events causing the need for slaves were: the lack of English settlers willing to become indentured servants‚ the ability of prospective immigrants to migrate somewhere else in the United States‚ and the lack of open land which turned away potential settlers. The need of the Chesapeake tobacco farmers
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Argument for Dreaming Rene Descartes – one of the most recognized philosophers of all time has presented us with many arguments in his pursuit to demolish skepticism in his book “Meditations on First Philosophy.” The subject of this paper will be the argument for dreaming which he assesses in said writing. The argument seeks to prove or disprove the fact that one can know that one is not dreaming at any given moment. It is easy to jump to the conclusion that the idea that you are sleeping right
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a. Outline the Key Concepts of the Design Argument [21 marks] The design argument is also referred to at the Teleological Argument stemmed from the Greek work ‘Telos’ meaning end or purpose. It is an ‘A posterior’ argument (from experience) based on our empirical senses and it is synthetic meaning that it is from observation. The argument is also inductive meaning there a number of possible conclusions. The main basis of the Teleological argument is based on a designer commonly known as ‘the
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times come new problems and different priorities to consider. From the 1920’s to the present day‚ many things have changed regarding the government‚ morally‚ and socially. In spite of this‚ some has remained the same. The social aspect of society has probably changed the most since the 1920’s. People rarely talk face-to-face anymore. Most if not all communication is done though either the Internet or with a phone. In the 20’s people would’ve had to send a letter or travel long distances to talk to
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Writing an Argument Essay An argument may be described by many as a heated‚ sometimes belligerent falling out by two sides. While others may simply refer to an argument as an intellectual exchange of two opposing views. Whatever side of the debate an individual find themselves‚ most can agree that the delivery and content of any good argument is paramount in its effectiveness. So‚ the question now becomes‚ how to convey an argument with the same fire and power as writing an argument essay? Here
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or lack thereof‚ plays a huge role in what could be called Baton Rouge’s traffic crisis. "Unless you have the funds to update your infrastructure‚ people are going to be stuck in traffic‚" said Mark Lambert‚ communications director with Louisiana ’s Department of Transportation and Development. "Our infrastructure is terribly behind the needs in Louisiana ... All of it comes down to a matter of money (Meaux‚ Reveille).” The government’s perspective on the matter of money is that they simply aren’t
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Everything is an Argument‚ Chapter 4 Arguments Based on Facts and Reason: Logos I. Logos- arguments based on reason‚ facts‚ or evidence a) Inartistic appeals- hard evidence - Facts - Clues - Statistics - Testimonies - Witnesses b) Artistic appeals- reason and common sense - Logic and reason - Mixed with Inartistic (What classifies as common sense?) - Occasionally arguments of future and past (predicting what will happen based on past events)
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Wormald consistently and effectively uses evidence from both contemporary and modern sources to support her arguments throughout the article. Her evidence is largely used critically‚ with evaluation of source material appearing in either the main body of the text or in the footnotes. Consequently‚ this evaluation of evidence provides for a stronger and more convincing argument by demonstrating the reliability of her sources. Wormald is also able to acknowledge flaws in her evidence‚ but successfully
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Music from the 1960’s and 1970’s is much different than music of today. Classic rock was started in the 1960’s as a cause of the British invasion‚ which included the discovery of bands such as the Beatles‚ Led Zeppelin‚ and Pink Floyd. The British invasion influenced garage rock which many high school aged boys would participate in. Some examples of garage rock inspired bands are: the Yarbirds‚ the Animals‚ the Rolling Stones‚ the Kinks‚ and the Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Also
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