Analogy

Gaunilo responds to the Ontological Argument by saying that the argument “proves too much”. By this, Gaunilo means that the Ontological Argument could be applied to anything, not just God; even things that we know do not exist. The example that Gaunilo uses is conceiving the most perfect island than which no greater island is possible. The most perfect island must exist in reality and in the mind, because if it did not, then it would be possible to conceive of an island greater than the most…

different strategies while he responds to an essay written by a man that left his native country for a different one. Sanders uses the strategies to also state his perspective about moving. There are a lot of unique writing strategies; allusion, analogy, and anticipating objection are a few Sanders uses. Sanders uses quite a bit of allusion to show examples from years ago to make a point. He uses the example, “The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was caused not by drought but by the transfer onto the…

killed; an abortion may not be performed.” The remainder of her paper is a series of analogies meant to challenge the basic argument mention above. When looking at the analogies separately, they are in no way related to the abortion topic, but the conclusions drawn from each can be applied. Because these examples aren’t directly related to the debate, our emotions won’t necessarily be involved and we can clearly…

Sanders , responds to Salman Rushdie's essay on the effect of mass migrations. He responds to this essay using the american way of life as an example. By using many Rhetorical strategies such as Repition and Rythym along with devices like allusion, analogy, and rhetorical questioning he challenges, supports, and at times refutes Salman's essay. Through the use of repition and rythym, achieved by alliteration and assonance Scott Sanders manages pathos to his advantage. By doing this he gives the…

experience working in a restaurant named Jerry’s, to reveals the difficult lives, the harsh, sub-human living and working conditions for low-paid workers in America. In order to exhaustively presents this social problem, Ehrenreich utilizes imagery and analogy, and builds up a crude tone in her article. First of all, Ehrenreich vividly depicts the harsh working and living conditions by employing imagery. In order to building…

In the short story, "The Birthday Party" by Katharine Brush, she uses caricature, analogy, mood, theme, to developed the major purpose in the story. She also uses this because it delivers many main points to the story. Right from the start of the short story, the author states, "The man had a round, self- satisfied face, with glasses on it; the woman was fadingly pretty in a big hat. The author used this because it was describing the main characters and gave a verbal description and to a point…

appropriate policies during times of conflict. Within the application of the AE Framework, Khong is successfully displays how policymakers determine the stakes involved, the decisions that are to be made based on past events and the likely outcomes. The analogies, as suggested by the AE Framework, are used in assisting with the crucial steps that are to be taken by the policymaker before making concrete decisions (10). According to Khong, human beings use analogical reasoning to make sense of…

poor health, hunger, abandonment and abysmal living conditions”. Within her spirited speech, Sanger declares for her audience to ask why so little progress had been made in helping children, despite good intentions and philanthropy. She then uses an analogy to answer the astray question, “Before you can cultivate a garden, you must know something about gardening. You have got to give your seeds a proper soil in which to grow. You have got to give them sunlight and fresh air. You have got to give…

and developing arguments based on evolutionary evidence that are already known. Deutscher through out his book uses the analogy “Me Tarzan” as the basic foundation of what is human language. This analogy breaks down fundamentals of communicating stating that regardless of what language a person may speak they are still capable of communicating on such a basic level. Tarzan analogy is made up of three ‘raw materials’, which were words for physical objects, simple actions and pointing words.…

1. Explain the overall concept of Argument by Analogy using the example of the Watchmaker from the reading by Paley as a possible Argument by Analogy. An analogical argument is an inductive argument, where existing similarities are used to conclude some further similarities between two things are yet to occur. An analogical argument can be represented in the following way. This form of argument is often used in cases where one thing (X) is accepted, and another thing (Y) is not. The Watchmaker…