Master List of Logical Fallacies Fallacies are fake or deceptive arguments, arguments that prove nothing. Fallacies often seem superficially sound, and far too often have immense persuasive power, even after being clearly exposed as false. Fallacies are not always deliberate, but a good scholar’s purpose is always to identify and unmask fallacies in arguments. Ad Hominem Argument: Also, "personal attack," "poisoning the well." The fallacy of attempting to refute an argument
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Why is the American Crime Rate So High? When compared with other Western-industrialized nations, the United States has the highest crime rate. It is a daunting question as to why, especially in the age we live in now. One might just boil it down to being a consequence of an ongoing population boom, the idea being that when there are more people, there is going to be more criminal activity. While this is obviously true, it is not even coming close to touching on the big picture. There are many
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professional or amateur, needquality gear, specific to their game, to be able to compete better. It is this market that thetwo conglomerates, the subjects of our study, cater to. Both these companies started off asfootwear makers for the modern athlete, their innovative designs and technology creatingwaves. But now these firms
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...................................................... 5 Economic background of textbook price increases .......................... 6 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Price increases in recent years ................................................................6 Why are these increases happening? ......................................................7 How have students responded to textbook price increases? ....................10 Possible remedies for high prices ...............................................
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PEER INFLUENCE IN RELATION TO ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND SOCIALIZATION AMONG ADOLESCENTS: A LITERATURE REVIEW by Nicole Marie Howard A Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Science Degree With a Major in School Psychology Approved Two Semester Credits _____________________________ Investigation Advisor The Graduate School University of Wisconsin-Stout May, 2004 ii The Graduate School University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI
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Labor economist Dr. Juliet B. Schor is currently Professor of Sociology at Bos- ton College. Prior to joining Boston College, she taught economics at Harvard University for nine years. She has written extensively on work and consump- tion patterns of Americans. As one of the nation’s best-known voices on the topic, she has received numerous honors. Her book The Overworked Ameri- can: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure received honors from Princeton Uni- versity, Business Week, The New York Times,
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whose color is titled “Ithaca”; it consists of 256 shades of gray), graduating students from Ithaca’s two colleges are traveling to job interviews with employers across the country— at company expense, full fare, no Saturday-night stayovers required. When they return from these trips, students compare notes and find that even for people receiving the same degree in the same field from the same college, the offers vary from company to company. What explains the differences? Location has an effect: Firms
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Jackie Robinson, Why Him? The story of Jackie Robinson has become one of America's most iconic and inspiring stories. Since 1947, American history has portrayed Jackie Robinson as a hero, and he has been idolized as a role model to the African American baseball community. It is an unarguable fact that he was the first to tear down the color barriers within professional baseball. The topic of Robinson’s role in integration has long been a point of discussion amongst baseball historians. Researchers
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16 To cheat is to deprive of something valuable by the use ofdeceit or fraud, to influence or lead by deceit, trick, or artifice, to practice fraud or trickery, to violate rules dishonestly, or to be sexually unfaithful.11 A cheater (sometimes called acheat) gets something by dishonesty or deception; or by depriving one of his or her rights and usually connotes deliberate perversion of the truth; or by large-scale cheating bymisrepresentation or abuse of confidence.11 Cheating is an act of lying, deception
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