Deductive reasoning

The author of, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” does state a central point of the essay, but it’s not as clearly presented as I presume it could be. The central point in this essay is laid out in a group of paragraphs instead of a clear cut thesis sentence. The hypothesis appears to be that the internet may chip away at someone’s capacity for concentration and contemplation. As a result, the author follows that train of thought with a potential thesis sentence; which states something along the…

A Crash Course in Formal Logic This video lecture gives a clear explanation on how to distinguish between deductive and inductive logic. Additionally, it offers information on inferences and inferences claims. Before going into full explanation mode, the video first gives a glance over a few concepts that needs to commit to memory. First and foremost, the video explains that logic is the science of argument evaluation. Also, arguments can either be true or false. At this point of the lecture the…

to be the capacity of an individual’s ability to reason. It is through reasoning that people are able to deduce for themselves as they experience new things what is true and what is false which therefore leads to the acquisition of new knowledge. While every individual uses and is capable of using logic that does not mean that their logic or reasoning cannot be flawed or that they cannot possess a flawed belief. If the reasoning of an individual is flawed then whatever information they…

invent,”_ William Blake, Auguries if Innocence. People use logical reasoning every day without knows they are using logic. We use logic to help us reason with others and to get a better understanding of what going on in our daily lives. Logic is the science of how people separate a good argument from a bad one with the use of critical thinking and deductive reasoning. Logic permits us to decide if an argument has correct or poor reasoning. This is necessary if a claimant need to convince…

mention any good things that Reagan did, therefore, I came to the conclusion that this was an anti-Reagan reading and that Krugman himself must have been anti-Reagan as well. The only way of knowing I used to come to this conclusion was my reasoning. My reasoning allowed me to take note of the points Krugman asserted, and from those points, analyze the meaning behind it which helped me understand and write for the purpose, value, and limitation part of the…

In “Outliers,” Malcolm Gladwell attempts to prove to his audience that their idea behind how success is attained in the United States is considerably different than what many Americans would like to think. In America many people believe in the concept of a hard-working individual pulling themselves up by their bootstraps and earning their success through dedication and talent. Gladwell attempts to prove while individual efforts are a big role in success, theses outliers would have never been…

showed that light can diffract and it was called wave. In the end light was declared both as particle and a wave. Since two different views are provided with logical proofs through deductive reasoning we come up to a conclusion that light is both particle and wave. So logical conclusions achieved through deductive reasoning we can group the claims as facts and natural science is built upon these facts. Whereas in the arts it is not simply about organizing facts in some order. Especially…

Teaching Strategies for Indirect Instruction The indirect instruction model is defined as a teaching strategy that is designed to teach concepts, patterns, and abstractions with emphasis being on concept learning, inquiry, and problem solving. This type of learning approach is based off the constructivism theory. Teachers that use this method do not provide systematic instruction or sequencing that is organized and provided by the teacher. In this method of teaching, students gain…

Reading Gladwell (2005) book Blink, the writer discusses different scenarios regarding critical thinking. Critical thinking can be several different things, it could mean taking that time to understand the situation and go through the problem solving process to fully understand before making a decision. Additionally, it could mean having the experience and knowledge to understand a situation and how to handle it differently versus someone that is inexperience. Sometimes it is merely trusting…

empiricism–two theories of epistemology, which focuses on the theory knowledge through a philosophical lens. Rationalism centers around the ability to use knowledge with reasoning and that knowledge comes from innate ideas. Others believe that our senses could actually lead to true knowledge, as opposed to relying on innate ideas and reasoning. Many criticize rationalism and whether innate knowledge exists or is even pertinent. In this paper, I will provide explanations and background on the…