Cogito ergo sum

resources are of course limited. The commodity in which groups compete is honor. Honor is the ultimate good thing. This competition for honor can be seen throughout the first century and in the New Testament. The opponents of Jesus operated from a zero sum game in respect to honor if Jesus is honored they are in turn without honor. Paul’s missionary journeys encountered groups that operated with that same perspective. This is why many attempts are made to dishonor Jesus and Paul. Dishonoring…

Amongst the many components that make up Chinese culture, food is one of the most important. As such, dim sum is an essential part of Chinese cuisine and culture, specifically Cantonese culture as the meal originates from the Guangdong province (Canton) and Hong Kong. (culturetrip) It was during the ancient times of the Silk Road where teahouses were implemented along the way for travellers as well as rural farmers who needed a rest. (thespruceeats) The older custom of yum cha, or literally…

There are several legends or just stories regarding monsters that we have known since we were children and they have frightened us since we were young into our early teenage years. But if we really think about it, what might these monsters represent or why do we even have monsters. Authors attempted to look into the world of monsters more and attempt to identify more of what the monsters could symbolize or what they can represent regarding us, humankind. In other words, the authors explain their…

The passage by Stanley Peele,"Ain't Misbehavin',", is about addiction as becoming socially accepted as a disease. The author of the passage argues that addiction should not be considered a disease because he thinks it to be psychologically connected. The author mentions addictions to be physically habit forming but does not thinks addiction as a disease because in his opinion the disease model of addiction has negative outcomes for the society. The main issue with the passage is that the author…

One of the logical fallacies that I found is Post hoc ergo propter hoc, which means the author assumes that one event causes the other. For example “Times of carnival temporally marginalize the monstrous, but at the same time allow it a safe realm of expression and play: on Halloween everyone is a demon for…

strength, motivation, and confidence to take on stereotypical male political positions... this further proves the single-sex system's ability to raise confidence, thus breaking career stereotypes" (Pampillonia, 30). This is the logical fallacy of post hoc ergo propter hoc (a caused b just because b came after a). This is an ill use of her sources to make her argument, and she may have been better suited to show how much better most students are doing economically after single-sex…

Logical fallacies are basically common errors. Everyone single person every day makes a common error. The logical fallacies that I will be discussing are the sunk cost fallacy, slippery slope fallacy, hasty generalization fallacy, post hoc ergo propter hoc, ad hominem, red herring, and the straw man fallacy. It happens to everyone of us, even though we may not even realize it sometimes. Sunk cost fallacy is getting into something and not wanting to get out of it because you may have put a lot…

Within my project I used illustrations of different fallacies that are commonly used to argue, persuade, and advertise to people. The three fallacies that I used were ad populum, ad verecundiam, and false cause (post hoc ergo propter hoc). While they were subtly used, they are able to illustrate what those specific fallacies are and why they are used in everyday advertising or arguments. The first fallacy I used in my advertisement for First Glitter was ad populum. This is simply stated as a…

others. Furthermore, Hitler (1941) states, "Nothing is impossible for the German soldier" (p. 132), which depicts a perception of invincibility, and an idea that if one supports Germany, then they, too, can achieve anything. Additionally, post hoc ergo propter hoc is evident when Lindbergh (1941) argues, "And if we, the American people, do that, independence and freedom will continue to live among us, and their will be no foreign war" (p. 122). Lindbergh claims that the powerful U.S. military…

In discussing the importance of Cogito Ergo Sum, one would be remiss to ignore the foundational aspects for other philosophers. As the father of rationalism, Descartes has not only laid a claim as the foundation for the rest of his meditations, but future metaphysical claims. He lays the basis of the utmost importance of scientific clarity, and scientific self-evidence. Spinoza and other influential rationalists of the like use Descartes claims as a platform with which to move forward with their…