Philosophical logic

Who am I? A question that would made you think well and might puzzle you out. Describing yourself is harder than describing someone because there are some areas in you that you are not certain of such as characteristics, personalities, and attitude. Also, there are things that other people would notice while we can’t because those things are the things we do that we are not conscious about. Talking about myself, I am Noreen Joyce F. Panganiban, a 16 year-old girl turning 17 this March 2016, from…

List any examples of logical fallacies you note (ad hominem, hasty generalization, straw arguments, appeals to popularity, appeal to traditions, appeal to novelty, fact-inference confusion, etc.) List at least one instance you note of ethos, pathos, and/or logos. He used ethos by wearing his uniform and explaining stories of his hard training. He used pathos when explaining the sto On a scale of 1-10, how effective was this argument? Justify your answer In a world were violent,…

A little disclaimer: I am not good in reflecting, and putting into words my supposed reflection and reactions about ideas or life in general. First of all, how do I reflect or react about a book that has a mutated green apple—assuming it is mutated, as its insides are that of an orange—for its cover? Ultimately, I judge books (literally books, not people) by its cover. The cover of Freakonomics looks quite complicated to me no matter how simple it looked, and led me to the conclusion that the…

Dr. Magada-Ward Philosophy 1030 4 November 2017 Essay 2 Set forth and discuss the constituents of eudaimonia. Do you agree with Aristotle’s list and his weighting? Why or why not? Furthermore, do you believe that it is possible for us, now, to achieve eudaimonia? In the Ethics, Aristotle contemplates four primary topics-the definitions of virtues and vices, humanity's unique ability to deliberate and choose, how ethics relates to human action, and the point of human striving. Arguably, his…

The introductory text is titled “Life Almost Straight” because generally the idea of something being straight is that it’s perfect. Like a perfectly straight line. However life is almost straight, not perfect, and will never be perfect. These texts are written in a way that explains this in a way where the real meaning is hidden you just have to find it. The three best texts that show this are “College Should be an Adventure”, “Peanuts” comic strip, and “Sorrow Teeming with Light”. These texts…

Attn. grabber (Fact; anecdote; quote; startling statistic; etc . . .) There are seven billion people shoved into one world who experience an infinite amount of situations in one lifetime. General Statement regarding topic (name of author & title of text) Human’s hold the ultimate power and purpose in our world's existence. Narrow to specifics of topic The human condition is a broad concept that can be interpreted in various ways, however there are three components that are essential to a…

Topic: Logocentrism Issue: It is reasonable to assert that reading is a very important intellectual practice. Without reading, the epistemic agent’s resources for conducting thorough inquiry would be extremely limited. There is some disagreement, however, among philosophers as to how exactly the virtuous, epistemic agent should practice reading. It is generally agreed upon that strictly passive reading is not conducive to attaining intellectual goods. Locke felt that excellent reading requires…

Descartes’s goal is to look for necessary truths by examining beliefs based off of our senses. To do this, he must prove that sense perception is not a trustworthy source of information, as well as anything that proves some uncertainty as well. For instance, Descartes states that, “if I am able to find in each one some reason to doubt, this will be enough to justify rejecting it”(Descartes 73). This shows Descartes’s belief that if there is some uncertainty in the conclusions which have been…

Misael Barajas Argumentative Essay Have you ever felt like you have no luck? As if someone or something is detaining you from achieving your goals? Well, someone sure did, and its something you wouldn't want to experience. Well, today you are going to read about someone that was gone For over 20 years and he couldn't get to his home or to his family. Its something really scary to experience. All this happened to someone, a human being, someone who has feelings like everyone else, imagine how he…

Is coherentism about justification plausible? When it comes to the acquisition of a true belief leading to knowledge, it is thought that these beliefs should be justified. Coherentism is a form of internal, non-linear justification which holds the idea that for a belief to be justified in any way it must cohere with a current system of beliefs. BonJour wrote that 'what justifies beliefs is the way they fit together' , in essence, for beliefs to be justified they must metaphorically form a…