Boolean logic

Inductive logic takes a specific case or issue and applies it to prove a premise or conclusion. A paradigm is a rule a persuader uses to assist their audience in making a decision. Chapter 14: Spot Fallacies The four major questions used to spot a fallacy are the…

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…

The atheist-theist argument has been an age-long debate. Though it is debated, it does not mean that it is, by any means, a matter of a guess. A theist can have full confidence that God is real, as well as reasonable evidence to reach that conclusion in lieu of the many atheist arguments. In Have Atheists Proved There Is No God by Thomas B. Warren, the reader is introduced to an atheist argument that has been widely used for numerous years and it’s logical implications. In addition to the…

In her article “Victorian Values For the 21st Century” (Globe and Mail, October 5 2013), Margaret Wente addresses the topic of success among females and males; and how both genders differ in terms of aptitude and attitude. She believes that to be successful in a profession, one must possess 19th century qualities. Her purpose is to argue that males lack the required qualities to be successful. Furthermore, she argues that females have a better work ethic than males; and that females possess the…

Part 2: What you did during the rehearsal For this part of the reflection regarding what I did during my rehearsal, I have chosen to analyze how I Elicited and Responded to Student Thinking and how I Represented Students’ Mathematical Thinking. Eliciting & Responding to Student Thinking To demonstrate how I elicited and responded to student thinking, I have chosen to examine my video from 2:45 – 3:25. During this time, I asked students for their answers to the problem given to them and their…

In the movie 12 Angry Men, a young man is on trial for murdering his father. The movie opens at a point in the trial after the witnesses have testified, and the prosecution and defense have had their say. It is now up to the twelve men of the jury to decide the fate of the defendant. In this particular case if he is found guilty, he will be sentenced to death by the electric chair. The jury go in to the jury room, sit down, and take a vote. The defendant is found guilty eleven to one, but since…

The benefits and consequences of headphones are widely debated and whether or not their benefits outway their consequences is a topic of controversy among many. There are those who assert that headphones are a great invention and despite their negative effect on a person’s hearing over time they are worth it. On the other hand there are those who argue that despite the usefulness of headphones they are not worth the anti-social behavior they promote and the damaging effect that they have on ears…

that in the last few chapters the layers were deconstructed with logic, not intuition. That’s because intuition has an inherent problem. It’s unreliable in stressful situations, and it gets progressively worse the more invested you become. Logic on the other hand, is simple, it’s clean, and you can build on it. Try building a bridge with intuition, or gut feel alone, and see how long it stands! Strong, well considered, logic is the foundation of any truth realisation. That’s because…

Snapchat stories were first introduced as a way to share a picture or video with all of you friends for 24 hours. After this, the story disappears. You are able to draw on, add filters, and add text to the pictures or videos you take. People are able to take screenshots of your story. After the success that Snapchat had, Facebook tried to buy them for 3 billion dollars. They declined. However, Facebook does own Instagram. And after Instagram’s new update, stories were included in the application…

Weakening of the territory’s link, but persistence of the territorial identities In order to understand the Kabyle collectives’ dynamics on the Internet, we need to look at the sociology of immigration. The Sayad (1977) showed that the first two generations of Kabyle immigrants in France were strongly connected with their country of origin. The relation with the territory of Algeria, Kabylia and more specifically with the village of origin was mainly characterized by the hope and the project of…