Reasoning

Elements of Reasoning and Intellectual standards Scenario A: You are deployed in a country. A raid went wrong, and your squad opened fire on several innocent people. Your commander asks you and the rest of the squad to make it look like they opened fire up on you first. How would you respond? First of all, I would not follow that order. I would try to get the commander to give the order again so that I can clarify its meaning. Once I have clarity, I would seek other points of view from the…

In “The Nature of Mathematical Reasoning,” Henri Poincaré argues that mathematical facts are synthetic and a priori, because we can see the principle of induction is true by non-analytic methods. Exponents of logicism, such as Carl Hempel, would disagree with Poincaré because they would see induction as following analytically from the definition of natural numbers. However, this response fails to fully address the argument, because Hempel’s logical approach cannot capture human intuition about…

an insightful reflection into the reasoning of his motives throughout the play. There are many questions that are left unanswered that would reveal more about his character which George Detmold in his critique “Hamlet’s ‘All but blunted purpose’”observes and attempts to respond to. The most pressing inquiry regarding Hamlet is his purpose for delaying his actions despite his strongly fueled motives. It is evident that what Detmold has to say about the reasoning for Hamlet's delay in overall…

Facts: In 2008, Landon Wynar, a sophomore at Douglas High School in Minden, Nevada exchanged several instant messages using MySpace social media with his classmates from his home computer. Wynar bragged about having an arsenal of weapons and threatened to shoot and kill several classmates on the anniversary of the Columbine School Massacre. Wynar also bragged he would kill more students than those who died at Virginia Tech, which at the time was the deadliest school shooting on record.…

The Persuasiveness of Purposeful Reasoning Heather Yi Radford University In “Naturalistic Observations of Peer Interventions in Bullying”, Hawkins, Pepler, and Craig present an experiment where peer intervention related to bullying are studied in school classrooms and playgrounds. The author’s objective was to describe the bullying frequency of boys and girls, the nature of peer mediation, and the effectiveness of it. Analysis of this article reveals the bullying threat presented on school…

The term “ Logical Fallacy” is defined as errors in reasoning that invalidate the argument. A few days ago, I noticed my boyfriend smiling at his phone while he was texting a random number that was not saved in his phone. So I asked him why was he smiling and who was he texting, his response was “ it’s none of your business.” He continued to smile at his phone, while I began to cry silently. I said “ Are you cheating on me ?” and he said “ no” with a smirk, so I asked him if I could see his…

Critical thinking and reasoning is our ability to analyze a particular instance and assess the meaning behind it. The practice of critical thinking stems from the concept that, in order to assess an ideal’s real meaning, it is best to analyze it at a deeper level. This practice of critical thinking and reasoning branches off into the ideals found in higher education. It has been established that, throughout one’s path in higher education, critical thinking and reasoning are necessary elements in…

those that are true is called pragmatism. Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, physician, and religious philosopher (Biography.com Editors), took a pragmatic approach to the widely discussed topic of God’s existence. In his piece Faith Without Reasoning, Pascal gives us a scenario penned “Pascal’s Wager,” which insists that from a gambler’s standpoint, we should always side with accepting God’s existence. Although after careful consideration it essentially fails to properly carry out its…

In his essay, “Encouraging Learning,” Hsun Tzu presents many ideas that are associated with learning. He talks about how learning is a never-ending process and that people are constantly learning up until they die. Tzu discussed the fact that it is impossible for a man to become educated alone and must be with others in order to learn. He also talked about the idea that a man’s education helps to shape his virtues when he said, “The learning of the gentleman enters his ear, clings to his mind…

While Reid seems to show some signs of respect for Hume, he does have many criticisms of the author’s work. The fourth chapter of Reid’s Active Power in General is a direct critique of Hume’s work. Especially Hume’s thoughts on the powers of the individual. His main problem with Hume was the way he used induction for the Treatise. Hume attempts to treat his thoughts on human abilities like a scientific experiment. Reid notes Hume makes exceptions to this, which is going against the scientific…