Logic

Logical fallacies can often be overlooked or even go unnoticed. In fact prior to this assignment I was unaware such errors could take place. While these logical fallacies may often go past us in our works, the significance in being able to identify and correct these errors of reasoning significantly helps one construct a more logically sound argument. One of the first logical fallacies I found present in my “Week 4 Short Essay” is known as unwarranted generalization. When arguing for a…

What is right? What is wrong? Can the two even exist or are they just figments of some sort of lesser mentality? These are just a few of the many questions in the world that can not simply be answered by a single sentence as there are too many factors in context. Thus, we, as humans, are forced to reflect on the topic with our own philosophical ideas in hopes that we can piece our ideas with the ideas of others in order to solve this massive jigsaw puzzle dubbed “Life” In every person there is…

preserve the status quo. Everything started with the kind of men called the Sophists. They were intelligent men, and they taught various subjects to the people in Roman Republic, mostly nobles and aristocrats, like grammar, rhetoric (debating, argument, logic) and…

the fruit. We cannot ignore the fact that God strictly forbid them from eating it. Usually when a person says no, they mean no. So if God does not want you to eat from the tree, then do not eat from the tree! That is my major problem with Satan’s logic about the whole thing, proclaiming that God wanted it to happen when it was clearly not true. Yes, it is true that if God did not want them to eat from the tree than why did he place it there in the first place? In the end, if Satan had come…

concept. The claim that all bachelors are unmarried is analytic because the concept of being unmarried is included within the concept of being a bachelor. In return, in synthetic propositions, the ground concept adds to the subject of concept. The claim that the sun is approximately 93 million miles from the earth is synthetic because the concept of being positioned a certain distance from the earth goes beyond or adds to the concept of the sun itself. One type of judgement observed by Kant is…

Mark Twain once said, “The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.” As a person who struggles with depression and low self-esteem, I find this quote to be very easy to relate to. With this mindset, it can be difficult to have a positive outlook not only on life, but on myself. This essay gives me a chance to explore the parts of myself that I am proud of and examine the people and events that have shaped me. Three words I would use to describe myself are logical, open-minded,…

In today's society, there’s more than just a small handful of individuals who believe perseverance is worthless and only intelligence can succeed in life. However this has been disproven countless times over already. There are numerous scientific studies that back up the idea of hard work and GRIT almost always winning over mere intelligence. I, being the pessimistic student that I am, scoffed at the thought of this. Then one day my friends introduced me to the movie “Life of Pi”. This movie…

“Aristotle remains one of the most important thinkers of all times” (May). According to Aristotle in his Rhetoric, effective rhetoric is defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion (24-25). In other words, it can be used in any situation to persuade regardless of what the topic may be by using ethos, pathos, and logos. Aristotle found that appealing to the feelings of the audience they could be persuaded to do things because they feel they are being…

The Phaedo is a recalling of the last conversation Socrates had before his death, as heard by Phaedo. The dialogue begins when Phaedo meets with Echecrates and Echecrates wants to know if Phaedo knows anything about the details around Socrates death. We then find out a long time has passed since Socrates was sentenced. The reason there was a delay in his execution was that the Athenians don't carry out any executions during an annual voyage to Delos to visit Apollo's temple. It's then when asked…

Initial “Role and Function of Rhetoric” Essay Rhetoric is defined as the use of effective or persuasive writing or speaking. Rhetoric can persuade and impress using many figures of speech, various models and compositional techniques, which create effective forms of communication to an audience pertaining to the topic, by being both negative or positive. Rhetoric is mainly defined by the function it is used for. The role of Rhetoric is intended to influence an audience in one way or another. It…