Oppurtunity is a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something. In the Outliners Chapter two “ The 10,000 Hour Rule” is all about oppurtunities that have led some of the most iconic people in history to success. They say to truly master your craft you must have 10,000 hours of practice under your belt. Which made me think, do you really need 10,000 hours of practice to be great? Or can you be purely be talented at something without having the 10,000 hours of practice? How Gladwell
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A Response to McCloskey McCloskey uses the term “proof” throughout his article, to indicate arguments, such as the cosmological, teleological, and the argument from design, that he claims theists use as points in an argument for a sovereign God. McCloskey’s argument that if one point is weak, then all should be abandoned is rather obtuse and close minded. McCloskey refutes the proofs in just several pages, but neglects to mention how all 3 of them collectively get far closer to solid evidence than
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Let me start by saying that David Sibley uses many rhetorical strategies throughout his essay. I would find myself struggling with some of the text but while I was breaking down each paragraph into its rhetorical strategies and my justification as to why I thought he was using it. I found that the most distinguished rhetorical strategies was symbolism. At first Sibley describes the negative effects of stereotypes by having us visualize rats (they come from the sewers and spread disease). These nasty
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BUS 3305 Unit 2 Week 2- Written Assignment: During this week’s written assignment, I will share three different scenarios. Then, I will discuss which of the three concepts: litigation, ADR, or criminal prosecution is the appropriate plan of action for the predescribed scenarios. I will also attempt to cite information from the textbook to support any of my positions. However, my personal preference is paraphrasing. Other requirements for this assignment will include to produce an essay of at least
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During Gladwell’s speech, he fails in effectively using some rhetorical elements. To start with, he displays dogmatism by using absolute word choices to make it feel as if there is only one way. For instance, he states, “the little hits that a lineman will get on absolutely every play in absolutely every practice and game” will lead to damage of the brain (Gladwell). Although, not every lineman on every play will receive hits to their heads. This makes his claim a fallacy and discredits his case
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Rhetoric is the use of language and literary devices that manipulate written works to aid in persuasion. Double speaks is language used to evade responsibility, to make the unpleasant appear pleasant; it is language that pretends to communicate but does not effectively communicate. When doublespeak is used, it is almost always understood by the reader that they are using it. Therefore, those who use doublespeak are smart, witty, intelligent and sophisticated in the use of language enough to use words
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Everybody is born with critical thinking and is able to make an argument, but some arguments are better than the others because not everybody knows how to use the rhetorical appeals and construct strong, well-developed and unbiased arguments. As persuasive speakers, we should be concerned what strengthens and weakens an argument. In the last chapter, I have learned about the three rhetorical appeals or persuasive strategies that are meant to give power to our arguments. As a result, I came up to
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media bias and political propaganda they encounters daily. When emotions drive decisions, those decisions are not thought about critically. Feelings can confuse one’s ability to think critically and instead of basing decisions on sound consistent logic, decisions are based on instinct and lack of information. In order to think critically an individual must learn to become self-aware and
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159-160). Hence, as follows, the demand for justification is an unnecessary criterion for having acquired knowledge. Epistemic justification, in this case, is merely a means by which we legitimate knowledge-claims. Thereby, simply applying this logic to Case I, one can demonstrate that it does indeed adduce to knowledge – for (e) is true, and Smith believes that (e) is true. Thus, from this perspective, Gettier is in fact
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David Hume is a Scottish philosopher, who is well recognized for his efforts on empiricism and skepticism. As a matter of fact, in An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding he focuses on epistemology, which highlights the limitations that knowledge encounters. Hume introduces the problem of induction, which is basically the philosophical issue of examining whether knowledge can be derived from inductive reasoning, and as a result whether it can come from experiences. He evidently discusses the dependability
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