This is anAd hominem fallacy: It attacks the character of the arguer rather than the argument. It is an error in reasoning because you should focus on the argument. 2. A child can be either an athlete or a good student. • This is an Either-or type fallacy: it presents someone with a limited choice when there are more choices. The error is that people will know they have more choices and discredit your argument. 3. Any change in health care will lead to socialism; we don’t want to live in a
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1. What is Carr's major argument that IT doesn't matter? The main argument that Nicholas Carr made in his article ‘IT doesn’t matter’ is that managements need to change and no longer give companies a competitive edge. Carr argues that executives are wrong who believe that information technology is a strategic value that provides a competitive advantage. He says: ‘As information technology’s power and ubiquity have grown, its strategic importance has diminished. The way you approach information technology
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Christa Crawford Path to Wisdom 26 January 2016 Reflection Questions Chapter 3 1.Of the four Facebook scenarios, which do you believe are argument? Explain which ones are arguments and what they are arguing? According to Aj.Christa lecture, I think the second one is an argument because the statement can make me feel like I am interested about smartphone . There also has a reason which is “ you are beautiful ” that make me feel Woww yea it is about design
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How serious was the Essex rebellion of 1601? The Essex rebellion of 1601, although cantered around the capital of London, the worst place for a rebellion to take place, was on the whole a minor thorn in the side of Elizabeth and didn’t pose a direct threat. The Essex rebellion was a rebellion lead by the Earl of Essex in response to his fall from position after his failure in the Tyrone rebellion in Ireland. Feeling distraught, he saw this change in relations with the queen a result of her advisors
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regarding the arrest of Amos Yee, a 17-year-old Singaporean film maker. In his article, Heller argues that Yee should be taken more seriously and that the Singapore government should not try to suppress the thoughts of her citizens. However, Heller’s arguments are hindered due to the fact that he displays a biasness in favour of Yee and his ignorance and prejudice regarding Singapore and Singaporeans. Throughout Heller’s article, he displays a severe biasness in favour of Yee and frames the situation
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Phil essay http://philpapers.org http://plato.stanford.edu/index.html (c) Research Essay (35%). (1) Essays must answer (or address) one of the essay prompts provided by the Unit Coordinator of PHIL1001. A PDF document with essay prompts will be posted on the LMS associated with PHIL1001 in the first few weeks of semester. (2) The essay should not exceed 1,000 words (excluding bibliographical information). If an essay is longer than this, the marker may ignore the excess words, or the essay
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Persuasive Writing Edit 0 28… What do I need to know about ... Persuasive Writing? What's the point? The aim of a persuasive essay is to convince you audience to agree with you. You must have points for and against your position - in order to demonstrate that you have considered the other side. However, to make this essay effective points for your position should be much stronger than the points against you so that your audience end up believing the thing that you want them to. What are the conventions
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witnessing the living standards improve from sweatshop jobs. That growth included his wife’s ancestral village in Southern China. Kristof succeeds in writing an informative and interesting argument on the positive outlook on sweatshop jobs and how they are a dream to families of Phnom Penh. In Kristof’s argument he presented testimonies of women and children of Phnom Penh, this created effective evidence. These following quotes are from his discussion with some of the women he met while in East Asia
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Week 1 Knowledge CheckResults Concepts Arguments Mastery 100% Questions Score: 10/10 1 7 8 Issues 100% 2 5 9 Claims 100% 3 4 10 Topics 100% 6 Concept: Arguments Concepts Arguments Mastery 100% Questions 1 7 8 1.What would you call a set of claims intended to support or prove a conclusion? A. B. C. D. Argument Issue Opinion Reason Correct! An argument consists of two parts—one part (the premise or premises) is intended to provide
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________________________________________ A Debate A debate is, basically, an argument. That is not to say that it is an undisciplined shouting match between parties that passionately believe in a particular point of view. In fact the opposite is true. Debating has strict rules of conduct and quite sophisticated arguing techniques and you will often be in a position where you will have to argue the opposite of what you believe in. Concept: The Topic If a debate is a form of argument then it logically follows that there must be
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