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    During the 1400s and the 1500s many people tried to expose the church’s corruption and to make reforms. These reformers were usually persecuted by church officials and kings‚ some were even burned at the stake. One such reformer who both the pope and emperor Charles V tried to silence was Martin Luther In 1521‚ Martin Luther was summoned by emperor Charles V to the Diet of the Worms to face train for his attacks on the church. Before the Diet of the Worms‚ Luther lets it be known that he did

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    motivated misperception is where a country sees what they want to see when they are in pursuit of something. So in this case‚ the motivated misperception came about when The North Koreas ignored the presence of the United States and used strong reasoning on why they wouldn’t join to the Soviet Union because of how bad they wanted to attack South Korea. They were in the mindset of saying anything to get the

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    In the speech Martin Luther King talked about how they were taking the poor and disabled‚ and sending them thousands of miles away to Vietnam. Martin Luther King explained himself about this topic in very many ways including evidence‚ style‚ and reasoning. First he noticed them taking advantage of the poor and putting them to work. Also blacks and whites were dying together because of all this. “We were taking the black young men who have been crippled by our society”. He exclaimed that taking the

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    SPH 2241 – Fundamentals of Speech (Stiefel) CHAPTER 7 ASSIGNMENT Student Name: Below are arguments based on faulty reasoning. Identify the fallacy used (use a fallacy only ONCE): 1. Loaded Words It’s ridiculous to worry about protecting America’s national parks against pollution when innocent people are being attacked by terrorists. 2. Red Herring The proposal is likely to be resisted by the business-as-usual bureaucrats on Capitol Hill. 3. Celebrity Endorsement Queen Latifah promotes Cover

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    changing ideas about how the world worked‚ and how science should be carried out. He modernized the idea of the scientific theory. Previously‚ many scientists who lived before him believed that you should only make a hypothesis based on logical reasoning and arguments. Bacon disagreed with them‚ saying that people should first collect data about their question‚ then form a hypothesis. While preaching his idea of the new scientific method‚ he majorly popularized it among people. Bacon also believed

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    as well as other animals. They show the utmost kindness for one another and the planet they live on. On the other hand‚ there are many species of animals that kill just because they can. Part of the reasoning behind this is that numerous animals have tendencies of aggressiveness. There is no reasoning behind it‚ but is clearly found in their innate and learned behaviors. And what of war? The author continually makes reference to man’s innate

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    He believes that the the evidence surrounding the reasoning for the reprisals are not convincing. Christopher argues that “reprisals tend to lead to counterreprisals and an eventual denegation of all restraints in the conduct of war” (p. 175) 2. A) Michael Walzer’s stance is against Cohen‚ in reference to

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    Ones a fact and opinion have been differentiated and the author is not biased‚ and the cause-effect relationship is examined then I need to question the questions. I want to mention that as a critical thinker I need to be cautious about fallacies and faulty

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    are two types of reasoning‚ inductive and deductive. The primary difference between the two is that inductive reasoning automatically allows for an appeal to probability‚ the assumption that what could happen will happen‚ while deductive reasoning considers this a logical fallacy. Thus for the purposes of this document we only need to examine deductive reasoning because it has the full list of logical fallacies while inductive reasoning short by one. In deductive reasoning the proponent of

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    “Wetbacks”. This is a great example of a logical fallacy found in Churchill’s essay. A logical fallacy is considered a mistake in reasoning. In this piece Churchill commits the fallacy. He believes that Native Americans are being mistreated or are being discriminated against‚ and then he tries to persuade the reader to adopt his position‚ which is based on a bad piece of reasoning. There’s a saying that goes “two wrongs don’t make a right”‚ and it applies perfectly in this situation. Churchill tells the

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