Syllogism

with addiction and knowing that other factors contributed to her addiction, he puts all of the blame in the lifestyle that hillbilly culture staunchly teaches. Chasing Heroin's argument that government is to blame is based on one simple "if, then" syllogism which is: If loose regulation is the cause of opioid addiction, and if the government is responsible for creating opioid regulations, then the government is the cause of opioid addiction. On the other hand, Hillbilly Elegy and Chasing Heroin…

Since the horrors of WWII and the Nazi War Crimes, there has been a fear in society and academia of returning to the biological thinking that led to those extremes. However, recently there has been some popularity in the field of evolutionary psychology. Bruce Bower explains that evolutionary psychologists claim that social behavior comes from our biology (Bruce Bower (1991) “Darwin’s Minds” Science News: 140, pp 232-234). Bower also claims that these theories stem from the work of Charles…

It is hard to talk about gun rights without first understanding our Second Amendment. “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right to bear arms, shall not be infringed.” (Bowman, Jeffrey Newton, Heather, 2015) The Founding Fathers while deciding on how their government should run had one major concern. They needed to form a government that would be free of tyranny. Since they had just broken from Britain who had attempted to do this to them, these…

audience and most importantly he must be able to put his hearers into the right frame of mind. Aristotle states that there are two vital tools to be employed in argumentation: enthymeme i.e., basically an argument that can be logically simplified to a syllogism) and examples (Rapp 20-22). He also included a list of nine types of fallacious reasoning, such as…

Toulimin’s model of argument renames and reorders the process of reasoning described in the Aristotelian syllogism (Rosenwasser & Stephen, 2011, p. 194). Toulimin first identifies what data, or what the evidence is based on to support a statement. Next, Toulimin questions reason. Toulimin identifies this as a “warrant” (p. 194). Within the warrant, “a general…

IBN SINA’S VIEW ON PROPHETHOOD ABSTRACT: In the medieval ages Ibn Sina’s works contributed a lot in the advancement of philosophy. As part of his contribution to the theosophy, Ibn Sina wrote a lot including the doctrine of prophecy. In that work Avicenna gives a philosophical analysis of different aspects of prophethood. Sheikh A Rais as he was called presents a creditable account of the phenomenon of prophethood which could be seen in his few works. He explains into details the prophet’s…

Old Science, Bacon Science, Modern Science Victoria McAlister Professor Innes Technology and Politics 28 October 2015 In modern society, science is placed on a pedestal of ultimate truth. It is highly respected and almost worshipped by many. Yet, it was not always held in such high regards. Science was originally tied to the studies of mysticism, astrology, and philosophy. Modern science originated out of a sect of ancient philosophy known as natural philosophy. This transition from…

437358 Dr. Schechter Philosophy of Mind Final Paper Absolute Uncertainties: An Argument in Knowing that we Cannot Absolutely Know Anything One philosophical quandary that’s worth discussing is the certainty of truth and whether humans will ever be able to ascribe absolute certainty to truth and its conditions. In considering both the empirical and theoretical dangers of positing absolute conclusions to complex philosophical questions, I don’t think we’ll ever be able to absolutely reject or…

Exercise 1. A deductive argument may be (a) Valid and sound 2. A valid, deductive argument may have (a) true premises and a true conclusion (b) False Premises and a True Conclusion 3. An inductive argument logically guarantees the truth of its conclusion (b) False 4. In deductive reasoning is when you provide premises that are presume to be true to get a guarantee truth of the conclusion in order to be valid. A example of the od a deductive agreement is 1. Humans are mortal 2. Carlos is human…

The last time I took a philosophy class, I was in a different situation. At the time, I was not a student at FLCC. I was taking just two courses. It was my very first time in college and I was fifteen. The class was Logic 102 at Genesee Community College with Professor Gayford. I enjoyed the class, but I did not find it challenging. That was when I was just developing the beginning of my interest in philosophy. It was my father 's idea that I take the course. I had become very interested in…