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When an argument is made it is best to use a rhetorical situation and rhetorical appeals to effectively execute the point. A rhetorical situation provides the reader with all the information needed to infer insight on the discussion. A rhetorical appeal can persuade an audience into accepting a new opinion or at least consider it however, once an appeal is made by the rhetor it cannot be withdrawn. “Gun Smoke and Mirrors” is an option piece from The New York Times, a noted liberal newspaper. It…

Plato, a classical Greece philosopher, is a pivotal figure in the field of philosophy and political thought. What does remain of his work today continues to be influential and relevant. Along with his teacher, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato laid the foundation for Western Philosophy as we know it. “The Allegory of the Cave”, from The Republic, is a dialogue between Socrates and Glaucon. The allegory serves as a prime example of an enduring thought experiment demonstrating a facet of…

HernandezBianka HernandezProfessor Sarah JacobPHI2010 W 5:40-8:40 P11/28/2017How do we know and what can we know according to Kant’s “Critique of Pure Reason? Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher whom in the late 1700’s questioned both empiricist and rationalist on their views of how humans gain knowledge of the world and sought to synthesize both theories into one, in order to close the gap between the two. His primary goal was to measure the extent in which rationalism could be…

The world of semantics is dominated by two types of naming theories: descriptivist and causal. Defenders of these two theories seem to discredit each other, thinking the world of semantics must choose one or the other. I, however, do not believe this has to be the case. In this essay I will argue that parts of descriptivist and causal theories of names can come together to create a better overall theory of names: a hybrid theory. I will do this by looking at the argument Gareth Evans makes in…

“Don’t Be Sorry for Yourself,” a thought-provoking essay written by A. J. Cronin. It deals with the problems of anxiety and trepidation in our life. In this age of competition and rush, everybody seems either afflicted or knows someone who is afflicted. The highly competitive and material culture undermines our nerves. Anxiety and self-pity are due to the fear of failure and doubt in various professions, different relationships, achieving success and other materialistic things which may lead us…

Yara Mneimneh Mrs. Kate Bowler English 10 A 12 December 2015 Analysis of Marc Antony’s Funeral Speech In Act III Scene II, Marc Antony presents his famous speech that begins with “Friends, Romans, Countrymen, I come to bury Caesar not to praise him”, this speech was able to change the minds of the audience to turn against the conspirators. The purpose of Antony's speech was to show tribute to his friend Caesar in a eulogy and to revolt the audience. Antony wanted the audience to revolt for him…

. Famous philosophers like Aristotle and Aquinas spoke highly of virtue ethics and each developed their own theories on the topic. Although both philosophers wrote about virtue ethics, their approach was quite different. So, what is virtue ethics? According to Lewis Vaughn it is “a moral theory that focuses on the development of virtuous character”(Vaughn 808). Although both Aquinas and Aristotle had different approaches to virtue ethics, there was a consensus on what virtue ethics ultimately is…

The Correspondence Theory of Truth by Lauren E Munroe The correspondence theory of truth is the understanding that when we analyze a statement, we determine whether the statement is true or false when we compare statement(s) to objects within their corresponding world using knowledge of this world, and if those objects are performing and or visually reflecting what the statement is stating they are doing. For example, person 1 states that they are a platypus. Person 2 analyzes the truth or…

Peter Morath 12/22/2017 Philosophy of Mind 330 Prof. Jon Stoltz In Defense of Disjunctivist Theories of Mind Confronting Naïve Realism Most philosophers agree that some forms of hallucination might not be subjectively distinguishable from proper perception. This agreement, however, does not bring unity to ideas of perception. The intentionalist claims that because these two experiences cannot be subjectively distinguished, then they must be experiences of the same kind. The disjunctivist,…

Paradise Lost holds some of the greatest literary elements throughout its series of books. This work, by John Milton, showcases many persuasive skills and rhetoric. Aristotle once stated that rhetoric classifies as “the ability, in each particular case, to see the available means of persuasion.” Among the three main arguments in Paradise Lost, each carry, at least, one form of Aristotle’s rhetorics: Ethos, Pathos, and/or Logos. Whether it be Eve persuading Adam, or Satan persuading Eve, each…