side of the argument and gave sufficient evidence to back his claim. This is also an example of how self-subversive thinking should be used to help better explain complex topics such as global warming. Had the professor been a confident bulldozer‚ all of the students‚ including me‚ would not have learned as much as we did. We would not have understood the opposing side and in turn‚ would have become confident bulldozers about the global warming. This supports Schulz’s argument about how self-subversive
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particular philosophers who have formed strong opinions and arguments to address the question at hand and seem to have it all figured out. Philosophy and religion do indeed have an unsettled relationship‚ but this relationship only challenges minds‚ inspires people to think‚ and allows others to obtain a deeper and more detailed perspective. The philosopher St. Anselm presents an argument known as “The Ontological
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How bias is your media? And if at all‚ can you determine to what degree and in what direction of the spectrum? That is the question that economists‚ political analysts and the American public have been trying to answer for years. The two articles that I analyzed are in response to studies‚ and a subsequent book‚ written by Tim Groseclose called Left Turn: How liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind. Both articles review the findings of Groseclose’s book‚ but do so in very different ways. The
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Media bias is when viewers believe that reporters select certain stories to talk about. Dave D’Alessio who did a meta-analysis of nearly one hundred scholarly studies to understand media stated “the subsequent materials argues that media bias is a departure from objectivity that includes the concepts of factuality and impartiality. Yet the account goes on to say that an individual’s perception of media bias is filtered through the prism of subjectivity‚ making it a complex concept to understand
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In March‚ Raymond Moore made very rude comments about women in the WTA and how they ride on the coattails of men. He also said that women don’t make any decisions and they are lucky. I am pretty sure women tennis players choose where they play and if they don’t play. I think women are considered underdogs to men because men hit the tennis ball harder and have fast serves. Hitting the tennis ball harder doesn’t matter. It is how consistent you are. If my opponent can hit ten balls in a row then I
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that Harrop included in her essay‚ so reading about it was a unique view—I didn’t really see it in the essay until I read your response! It’s excessively common for advertisers or political candidates to argue using only data supporting their side of the argument. Though it may see as if doing so would make one’s argument more effective‚ it only weakens the argument. As you mentioned‚ including a counterargument in her essay would have made Harrop’s argument would further its effectiveness because it
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Both scientists made their points using logical fallacies. As the viewer you can easily see the argument flaws in the person you disagree with. In the creationist debate Ken Hamm uses an appeal to authority by mentioning successful scientists who believe in creationism‚ such as the inventor of the MRI scanner and an Astronomer. He works hard to define terms differently‚ repeatedly in a circular argument. Only one thing in his debate made me pause‚ he discussed how the
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and origin‚ many individuals such as John C. Calhoun and George Fitzhugh‚ had no problem with treating blacks like property. However‚ with religious‚ political‚ and general arguments‚ others like Theodore D. Weld and Henry David Thoreau‚ felt that slavery was downright unacceptable and inhumane. This subject was a key argument in many debates‚ which have shaped the way our society is run. Southern senator‚ John C. Calhoun‚ believes that slavery is not corrupt‚ but is suitable in society‚ saying
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3.1 The Incompatibility Argument: Relational Understanding of Self According to Roger Ames‚ “transplanting” human rights to China was doomed to failure because of the incompatibility between Chinese values and the Western human rights concept.36 Historically‚ he argues‚ the concept of rights did not naturally evolve in China‚ which leads him to portray Western human rights efforts as imperialistic. Indeed‚ the Western concepts of “rights” may indeed have posed a problem for Chinese society‚ when
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The claim that is introduced needs more evidence and numbers to back it up. As the argument is currently presented‚ it dismantles itself. It states that "many lives may be saved" if individuals were inoculated against the disease but that there is only a "small possibility that a person will die as a result of the inoculations." A person viewing this with a critical eye‚ can immediately see that in this language‚ the amounts of lives saved by this inoculation will far outnumber the potential deaths
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