if you know How to do philosophy
1-Explain why it is inappropriate to appeal to faith?
2-List out the argument according to Rule #2 and the requirements I have listed in the announcements. If there is a fallacy, identify and explain the fallacy.
Would you rather invest in our nation s children or Pentagon waste? The choice is Yours.
3-List out the argument according to Rule #2 and the requirements I have listed in the announcements. If there is a fallacy, identify and explain the fallacy.
Erica Evans, who takes orders at the local Taco Rell, argues persuasively in favor of increasing the minimum yage. But this is exactly what you would expect.
Erica is paid the minimum wage, and if the minimum wage is increased, then her own salary will go up. Obviotrsly Erica's arguments are worthless.
4-List out the argument according to Rule #2 and the requirements I have listed in the announcements. If there is a fallacy, identify and explain the fallacy.
A few minutes after Governor Harrison finished his speech on television, a devastating earthquake struck southern Alaska. For the safety ofthe people up there, it is imperative that Governor Harrison make no more speeches.
5-Please find the argument in the following passage. Use the requirements in Rule #2 and the requirements stated in the announcements.
The classroom teacher is crucial to the development and academic success of the average student, and administrators simply are ancillary to this effort. For this reason, classroom teachers ought to be paid at least the equivalent of administrators at all levels, including the superintendent.
6-Please find the argument in the following passage. Use the requirements in Rule #2 and the requirements stated in the announcements.
Since private property helps people define themselves, since it frees people from mundane cares of daily subsistence, and since it is finite, no individual
should accumulate so much property that others are prevented from accumulating the necessities of life.
7-Please find the argument in the following passage. Use the requirements in Rule #2 and the requirements stated in the announcements.
It really does matter if you get enough sleep. we need sleep to think clearly, react quickly, and create memories. Studies show that people who are taught mentally challenging tasks do better after a good night's sleep. Other research suggests that sleep is needed for creative problem solving.
8-Please find the argument in the following passage. Use the requirements in Rule #2 and the requirements stated in the announcements.
An ant releases a chemical when it dies, and its fellows then carry it away to the compost heap. Apparently the communication is highly effective; a healthy ant painted with the death chemical will be dragged to the funeral heap again and again.
9-Please find the argument in the following passage. Use the requirements in Rule #2 and the requirements stated in the announcements.
Artists and poets look at the world and seek relationships and order. But they translate their ideas to canvas, or to marble, or into poetic images' Scientists try to find relationships between different objects and_events' To express the order they find, they create hlpotheses and theories. Thus the great scientific theories are easily compared to great art and great literature.
10-"From 1903 to 2008, whenever the American league won the World Series, cigarette sales rose 20% over the pervious year. But when the National League won the World Series, Liquor sales rose 25% for the next year. Stock buyers pay head! Watch who wins the World Series, and then buy or sell accordingly"
Determine whether or not the argument has an appropriate sample size that is representative. If it does not, make sure to explain.
11-"Eight out ten people surveyed chose Slacker Soda over next for most popular brands of soft drink. It is clear that the America has spoken. Eighty percent of all American can't be wrong. Don't you think that you should start drinking Slacker Soda?"
Determine whether or not the argument has an appropriate sample size that is representative. If it does not, make sure to explain
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Determine whether or not the argument has an appropriate sample size that is representative. If it does not, make sure to explain
13-There are five reasons that have been provided to you as reasons to doubt a proposition. Explain three of them and provide examples.
14-The experts agree on a particular subject. It is OK in some situations for you to doubt the experts. ?
True or False
15-The experts agree on a particular subject. It is OK in some situations for you to hold the opposite of the experts.?
True or False
16-Provide an example in which a proposition coheres with our beliefs, but in which we should not consider that we have good reason to believe the proposition.?