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Elizabeth Rodriguez Professor Marcelo CAS 113A 19 September, 2015 Transnationalism Identity is who you are. Who you identify yourself as. They are many different ways on defining identity and it all has to do within the situation. In this case I define it as, knowing who you are or what something is. Another word that also should be defined is Transnationalism. Transnationalism is going beyond national boundaries and interests. In two class readings that we covered, “Central American…

and evil demon argument Descartes’ presents two sceptical arguments as part of his hopes of laying a solid Epistemology based foundation on which the sciences can be built. While the arguments themselves are valid there are issues with Descartes’ logic both in the finer detail of what he writes and in the bigger picture of his arguments. The dreaming argument consists of a line of reasoning based on our lack of ability to firmly know whether or not we are asleep or awake. The formulation for…

Anna Quindlen uses many styles to successfully address the problem of hunger in America. The essay itself is more informative and eye-opening than it is persuasive. However, she uses rhetoric appeals to ultimately and effectively persuade us to her call to action. Anna is an experienced writer, having received many awards for her works, but that is not what makes her credible in this essay. She carefully uses ethos to show that she should be and the essay should be taken seriously, besides her…

Hume argues that miracles are based purely on experience and that we essentially can’t trust anyone’s judgement because of that. He claims that people are untrustworthy, and because it is impossible to tell whether or not they are making something up or not, we should just assume that they are and we therefore cannot take their word for their experience into consideration when it comes to miracles. A flaw in this argument, however, is that we would have to apply this philosophy to the ideas of…

Essay Template (3 Paragraphs) Directions: You are to write a three-paragraph argument essay which addresses the debatable issue: Mass Incarceration is the moral equivalent of slavery. Use the argument writing template below as a guide, but you will write your essay on separate paper or by creating a Google Doc using the template. The template itself is on the back side and you may refer to it while you write your essay. In your first paragraph you will: 1) Introduce the issue and…

Saul Kripke's highly influential “Identity and Necessity” challenges a number of prevalent assumptions made by his contemporaries regarding the classification of identity statements as either contingent or necessary. (Heide, 26 Feb.) Firstly, he renounces the common habit of speaking of necessary truths, those that could not have possibly have been false, as being equivalent to a priori truths, or those knowable without the aid of sensory experience. (Kripke 130) Secondly, he argues for a theory…

Three Bases for Evaluating Essay Writing The three bases for evaluating writing are unity, coherence and support. These fundamentals must be present for effective writing. Unity is parallel structure and overall flow. Coherence is clarity throughout the essay, and support/evidence provide the specific details that support and validate the main idea of an essay. These fundamentals of writing must all be present in any genre of writing. Unity in writing ensures effective and cohesive structure…

A Politician’s Best Friend: Fallacies Fallacies are claims used to support an argument without proper logic or evidence. They occur in a multitude of fashions such as broad, or “sweeping,” generalizations and using a lack of evidence to support claims (appeal to ignorance.) While it is true that fallacies weaken the validity of an argument, their use is not necessarily ineffective. Politicians, journalists, even academics, at times, are subject to use fallacies to persuade an audience, often…

Although Bonner and Faludi make similar arguments, the two would most likely clash if seated in a room together. They would respect each other's work for the most part but there are a few topics the pair would disagree upon entirely. For starters, Bonner could argue that Faludi does not console the right audience. He feels strong sympathy for the victims who were wrongly accused and tortured because of the extreme fear leaders had post September 11th. “A book could be written about the lives…

The most important thing that I have learned from these chapters is how to engage in civil political discord on the issues that we are facing today. In a time when there is very little positive discord in Washington among politicians there. Using the Heie's approach means that we can begin to look for ways to communicate with those we disagree with in a more polite fashion. We must realize that truth telling is a very important part of winning over those we seek to influence. One of the…