Logic

is a well known philosopher, and educator, with having written over 30 books on the sujets of: Knowledge, Ideas and Reason. In one instance he defined reason as being the “ Power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic” and later stated that “rightly used can settle disputes and guide us to the truth”. Opposing this, I believe that “Reason can when rightly used, lead us to the truth, but is conceptually flawed as we humans are generally emotional thinkers,…

Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason played a significant role in the world of philosophy. Some people would argue that Kant was a philosophical genius, but others would argue that he failed to lay a proper foundation of philosophy. Several German philosophers responded to his work and some even devoted their writings strictly to offering a response to the Critique. Even though these philosophers agreed on a few things regarding philosophy, they did not agree on everything. Johann Gottlieb…

began the monograph with an introduction with a sense of fear to readers by asking if the end is near. This might infer that people were standing near a place of judgment. By observing her general to specific structure and broad and controversial logic, Painter’s thesis of that Progressive Era in America was an era of recreating the ideas of economic equality, social injustices, and political reform through the citizen’s…

The following is a short set of questions to ask while reading a text that will provide a foundation to good critical reading. What is the point of the essay? The author is trying to tell us something in particular. Generally, this can be reduced to one or two sentences. It is NOT just a bunch of facts (these are much less important and are handled later), nor is the title always the main point. What is the argument? The author is not just telling us something for our edification. All…

It was not until slightly later that I realized how programming will become an integral part of my life. After taking a class in Introduction to Logic, my desire to redirect the focus of my studies and dedicate my intellectual efforts to a more practical field - one which enables me to observe the products of my labour, while also having the freedom to conceptualize and keep creativity a part of…

the logic and reasoning used to advance the argument. i. Considering the premises and conclusion, what logic and reasoning is used to advance the argument? That Obama and the media has played a huge roll in the way some act toward law enforcement and making it about a race and gender debate over the 5% wrong doings of law enforcement and not focusing on the 95% that doing justice for the community. ii. What questions are left unanswered? Describe any gaps or weaknesses present in the logic and…

Humanity has a tendency to use logic and reason as much as possible to try and explain the world around us. Even in the case of religion, often there are set patterns or explanations, that always follow certain rules. Whether or not these rules comply with other rules from other ideologies isn’t pertinent; the fact remains that they follow their own logic, and that makes people happy. However, there has always been a gap in what logic and reason can explain about humanity, and what we don’t know…

Logos is the appeal to the logic of an argument. For one to appeal to logos he/she would have to provide a sufficient amount of evidence that is backed up by a lot of logic that can easily persuade the audience. This can become really effective when applying it to a political/social context because the speaker can essentially use his/her own personal experience as the evidence to prove the logic of their argument. For example, one major theme of Frederick Douglass…

asleep at the same time? According to logic, this is impossible. Therefore, due to the unbreakable rules of logic, it is impossible for God to be able to do anything. However, there can be the rebuttal that the definition of “anything” to humans and God is different. As humans, we cannot imagine things beyond our sense of logic. We cannot imagine two plus one equaling four. However, what if God can imagine and even accomplish things beyond the human 's sense of logic? Then God would be able to…

world. When these works are compared against each other through the scope of today 's (societal) context, one line of thinking tends to be the basis for our modern thought process. Through Kant 's reasoning, one should base their decisions on pure logic and reason, while Mill theorized that decisions should be made based on what makes one happy and thus what feels right. As humans are more sympathetic and emotional creatures than they are based on reason, Mill 's philosophy should be the…