Attacking Faulty Reasoning

Matthew McGee Epistemology Final Paper Q1 Goodman 's “grue” example and Hempel’s Raven Paradox are very similar. The Raven Paradox posits that for any given object x, when we assert that it is neither black, nor a raven, we are confirming the hypothesis that “all non-black things are non-ravens” (pg, 70). From this we can also make the logically equivalent statement that “all ravens are black.” This is an unexpected conclusion according to Goodman. Furthermore, our statement about the…

History is a composition of past events. It is real and honest. However, the materials used by historians (which are called sources) to study history are only records of history, so they need not to be absolutely true and unbiased. If a group of scholars were to evaluate a set of clues surrounding a play, they would mainly use texts and written records of the play and all these evidences are considered sources which therefore need to be carefully examined before put into use. To these scholars,…

1) Rene Descartes a) Rene Descartes believes that things exist simply because he thinks, therefore he is. This is beautifully illustrated when he gives us the wax example. Before giving that example, Rene Descartes did state that our senses are deceptive and so is our imagination. If we were to go by that, does that mean we exist just because we perceive it through our senses? He concludes no. His explanation of existence is that he is just a “thing” which thinks and because of that he is the…

and for others, but it is not true for him. The claim about the use of an analgesic in treatment of headaches is relative to Fester and his beliefs. This claim presents the truth for one person, and false for another at the same time (“Inductive Reasoning” 43). B. Bubba: “Hey Jackie, I heard that there fella’ is from Afghanistan.” Jackie: “Okay. And?” Bubba: “I…

syllogism, invalid argumentation." http://pcl.stanford.edu/campaigns/2016/?adv=Donald+Trump%E2%80%99s+Argument+for+America In this ad “Trump Argument for America” supported by Trump campaign was published on November 06 2016. In the ad Trump was attacking his opponent, he used couple of the logical fallacy. 1- False Cause: Mean “ You presumed that a real or perceived relation between things means that one is the cause of the other” In the ad Trump, he mentioned that because of the previous…

the center of the reasoning and connects the data with the claim, and is usually the generalization the is used to explain how the claim and data are connected. The warrant can be views as the thinking that lead the writer on to the opinion that they hold. V. Deductive and Inductive Reasoning Inductive Reasoning can be viewed as reasoning based on experiences mixed with general reasoning. For inductive reasoning to work, the method of collecting evidence to use to base a reasoning from.…

I think the spirt of inquiry means the essential qualities needed for inquiry. The spirit is the qualities that a person has that allows them to inquire. Without the “spirit” inquiry may be difficult or unattainable. In the book they talk about the spirit of inquiry being the attitude or orientation of the participants. I think in order to have this attitude or orientation; you must also have these essential qualities. One attitude and beliefs I believe is basic to the spirt of inquiry is being…

The Ultimate Deal on Pit Bulls Did you know that Pit Bulls are known as the “Jews of the canine world?” (Ingall). Pits bulls are hated for faulty reasoning, giving them the title of the “Jews of the canine world” (Ingall). There are many stereotype of pit bulls that lead to peoples reasoning for such hatred; they are unpredictable, dangerous, and vicious. Pit Bulls were originally breed to take down large animals, bulls in particular. When bull baiting became, illegal people turned to dog…

the argument. It is also know was “you too” fallacy. How can you make a decision about someone having marital problems if you’ve never been married? If you love their tuition so much, why don’t you just go to college there? Ad Hominem/abusive: Attacking the person making the argument, rather than the argument itself, when the attack on the person is completely irrelevant to the argument the person is making. What do you mean you don’t like burgers, you are american! Why would you believe Bob's…

anything but another lame school day. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, however, knew it wasn’t just another regular school day. For they had the intention to blow up their school with propane bombs and kill any and all survivors. And if it wasn’t for the faulty wiring in their beloved bombs’ timers…the result would 've been much, much worse. They’re goal…