| | | | theargumentativetheoryofreasoning The argumentative theory of reasoningBack to projects. Current philosophy and psychology are dominated by what can be called a classical, or ‘Cartesian’ view of reasoning. Even though this view goes back at least to some classical Greek philosophers, its most famous exposition is probably in Descartes. Put plainly, it’s the idea that the role of reasoning is to critically examine our beliefs so as to discard wrong-headed ones and thus create more reliable
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MAKING A CASE: The Structure of a Thesis Essay (It’s just an argument on paper!) LOCATION IN ESSAY Introductory Paragraph TERM General introductory statement(s): Thesis (main argument): Three supporting arguments: Mom, I have a huge favour to ask. If I’m allowed to stay at my friend Luanna’s house overnight, I will ace my exam tomorrow. Luanna is really smart and her parents are really strict and we work really well together. INFORMATION First Body Paragraph Topic sentence: • • • Proof/Example
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PAPER FORMAT, PHIL 1300, with Piers Norris Turner Final paper instructions: Below is the paper format for your final papers—which I hope will help you all write successful papers. You may select any argument from the authors or class discussion up to the paper deadline. It need not be an author’s central argument, but any argument that struck you as true or false but which you thought needed further defense or further criticism. The point is to take an argumentative stand—that is, commit to a
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HARVARD COLLEGE Writing Center WRITING CENTER BRIEF GUIDE SERIES A Brief Guide to Writing the Philosophy Paper The Challenges of Philosophical Writing The aim of the assignments in your philosophy classes is to get you doing philosophy. But what is philosophy, and how is it to be done? The answer is complicated. Philosophers are often motivated by one or more of what we might call the “Big Questions,” such as: How should we live? Is there free will? How do we know anything? or, What is truth? While
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Proposal: What is your main argument or working thesis? My main argument in my midterm paper will be that it is important to know why your nursing major that you have chosen is worthwhile before committing yourself to it and all that it contains. While having to be intelligent, patient, and driven, nurses must also have a compassionate heart and strong work ethic. I will have three supporting ideas for my argument. _______ Why is this an important topic? What does it mean to you? Not
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college men who drink a substantial amount of alcohol and party with women. The overall idea is a vague generality. The way john Polk talks about his fraternity describes the way his fraternity is, but not all those in fraternities drink or write papers, it is all based off of choices made by an individual. This wouldn't very well work for project #2. * What does John Polk say he likes in his sex life? (1962) “Yeah, I like to give myself a treat”, is the response John Polk gave to Ashbe
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I wrote a paper supporting a candidate for presidency. In the paper I tried to convince people to vote for that candidate. I compared and contrasted my candidate with one of her opponents. I focused on making her opponent look bad. My argument is full of logical fallacies; therefore it is not a good argument. One logical fallacy in my paper is “He talks about reducing taxes, but how can we listen when we know he cheated on his wife with three different women”. I distract the readers from his plan
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not use hearsay or your gut feeling to support your argument. Look for concrete evidences in other scholars’ work. It is very wrong to submit an academic writing where you merely joint together paragraphs from various articles read without contributing your views, your arguments and your thinking of the subject you are writing. Remember it is not an exercise for you to summarise other authors’ writings. Now, how to create an informed argument where your writing is analytical rather than personal
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Outline for Junior Research Paper on Controversial Issue Title: I. Introduction A. Attention Getter (Question, Startling/Interesting Statistic, Startling Statement, Anecdote, Quotation, etc.) B. Description and definition of the issue (What is global warming?) C. Importance of the issue (How does it impact our society?) D. Applicable law (If you have research on recent laws regarding your issue place it here. If not, delete
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Kevin Daly Philosophy Paper Zeno’s Paradox I will be examining two of Zeno’s paradoxes in this paper that we have talked about in class. Zeno was a Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher in Italy from 490 BC until 430 BS. Zeno is mostly known for his paradoxes. He offered forty different paradoxes, which show support towards his mentor’s beliefs. These paradoxes have challenged the conceptions of plurality, space, and motion. But, all of them except four have been lost. These four have stayed
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