First-order logic

“The Right to Your Opinion” by Jamie Whyte is a chapter from his book Crimes Against Logic which was published in 2004. In this chapter, he discusses the invalidity and weak logic behind the commonly used cliché of being entitled to one’s opinion and claims that having the right to one’s opinions is not only false but damaging to the flow of ideas between individuals. Whyte opens his argument with the statement that, whether you are right or wrong, the assertion that one has a right to their…

utilized. First is Diction which was skillfully used in this chapter. "Guilt doesn't go anywhere far enough; the appropriate emotion is shame - shame at our own dependency, in this case, on the underpaid labor of others (221)". This obviously appeals to emotions of guilt and shame in readers. Makes them feel sorry for the working poor. The use of words touches the hearts of readers Logos is an appeal to one’s logic, it is a way of persuading an audience through the expert use of reason and…

proving/disproving of facts is “Logic” and “Belief” is another WOK that supports reasoning. The AOK’s such as “Mathematics” plays a really great role in reasoning. Facts may be perceived differently by different individual because every single person wants to accept something as a fact that is going to be beneficial to them. This brings me to my knowledge question How do we know if the reason has proven or disproven a statement ?. Reasoning…

Huang (2014) states that there are three primary issues in accounting for presupposition. The first one being identified is presupposition failure. Presupposition failure has been greatly debated among many professors, with Frege (1892) putting forth that if there is an expression X containing the properties of presupposition failure, then whichever…

Garrett Hardin, each author uses a different method of appeals to propose to their readers a way to help our ever growing population. Hardin uses more of a logic based argument, using facts and figures to back up his statements. Swift takes a wildly different approach by using a satirical “speaker” to bring a more emotional appeal to his readers. He first recommends a very vulgar approach to grab his reader’s attention and then proposes his actual solution. Although both essays are effective in…

cannot be achieved by either logos or pathos. There is no logic involved in pathos and leaves the audience with no reason to reject the opinion in front of them. Lewis uses Pathos in “The Abolition of Man” a bit differently than others would in a persuasive work. Lewis will provide an argument with lots of appeals to logos, and then reinforce that argument with a portion of emotional appeal. An example of this would be at the end of the first portion of the lectures Lewis explains that “In a…

that mathematical truths were simply an extension of empirical science; mathematical truths are simply highly probable rather than certain. Hempel defends a view known as logicism: mathematical truths are analytic truths of logic. This paper will analyze both viewpoints in order to demonstrate logicism's superiority. The paper will begin with dismissing the notion…

The quest for truth is both attractive and daunting. Logic provides us with a framework and systematic method of identifying arguments and following through to truth or falsehood. Through logical reasoning, we can identify what we might objectively agree upon, and what is subject to our interpretation. The effectiveness of our truth-seeking lies in our understanding of certainty, probability, truth that is demonstrable and non-demonstrable, and differentiation between our emotional and logical…

decrease in college retention levels in first year college students. Alicia H. Nordstrom, Lisa M. Swenson Goguen, and…

During the years following the Patristic era, Christian theologians and philosophers began to move away from mysticism and Neo-Platonism in order to synthesize Christian doctrine with systematic Aristotelian philosophy. This movement would be come known as Scholasticism, and it would become the principle school of thought throughout the medieval period. During this period, the line between philosophy and theology was blurred, and the problems of, psychology, metaphysics, and ethics were admitted…