Argumentation


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1. What is a "syllogism"? Think of an example and write it down. It's a logical argument in wich the conclusion its infer from two premises. ej: premise 1: All humans can walk premise 2: Eduardo is a human conclusion: Eduardo can walk

2. Then click on the link "using logic" and write a list of all the important words (key words) used when writing an argumentative paper. -Premise. -Conclusion. -Argument. -Syllogism. -Ethymeme. -Induction. -Deduction.

3. Now click on "logical fallacies" and mention the types of logical fallacies that exist. Write an example of each one.1. Slippery slope. For example: If tobacco companies warn that snuff is injurious to health, then eventually the government should eliminate all tobacco companies and not let these warnings.

-Slippery slope. Ej: If we paint our hands red then everyone will eventually paint all their hands red, so we paint shouldn't or hands red -Hasty Generalization. Ej: I spoke to my partner today for 1 minute and i don't think its going to work. -Post hoc ergo propter hoc. Ej: I been eating a lot and now i am tired, must be all that food i ate. -Genetic Fallacy. Ej: That guy must have something wrong i knew his father and he was a trouble guy. -Begging the Claim. Ej: All cars should be electric. -Circular Argumen. Ej: Thomas is a good driver because he usually drives well. -Either/or. Ej: we can either eat or starve. -Ad hominem. Ej: He is not right about that mathematician theory because he doesn't have a degree. -Ad populum. Ej: If you believe in jesus you will help me. -Red Herring. Ej: The treat to the animals is a little violent, but how are we going to get eat? -Straw Man. Ej: If you don't agree with what the government says then you are not patriot. -Moral equivalence. Ej: the guy from the workshop that forgot to call me is as bad as the devil.

4. "Logic in Writing" is an esencial link for you to use when writing your argumentative essay. Please keepo it in mind and revise it when possible.

As I said before it is very important for you to determine if something is a fact or an opinion. Go to the following link and do the exercises. Please check your answers.
 * b. Fact or opinion**. Please do the following exercises

-Smoking is a nasty habit. __**opinion**__ -Smoking is an unhealthy habit. __**fact**__ -Daffodils are the prettiest of all the spring flowers. __**opinion**__ -Summer is the best season of all. __**opinion**__ -London is the best city to visit when touring in England. __**opinion**__ -London is the capital city of England. __**fact**__. -Mary is the best shot in the netball team. __**opinion**__ -John scored the most goals this season. __**fact**__ -Football is better than netball. __**opinion**__ -Swimming is a good way to keep fit. __**fact**__


 * c. Read the text "Special Relativity" in**: [] read it and extract the arguments the author gives, paste them in your wiki. Explain if the arguments are in favor or against the relativity of time theory.

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-I believe Einstein's fundamental error to be that he confuses the measurement of time with the passage of time. Einstein would say that relative motion and gravity both have the effect of slowing time. I prefer to regard [|time as an absolute] and say that relative motion and gravity slow time dependent processes.======

-I believe Einstein's theories of special relativity and general relativity to be wrong because they describe the universe as having a fourth dimension of time in addition to the three dimensions of length width and height. Against

-Time does behave as a fourth dimension in the records of events recorded in Cartesian co-ordinates (x,y,z,t), and Einstein's equations consequently give consistent results, but that is not to say that he has described the way in which nature works. In records of observations, time is extended, and we can move about in it, but that does not match reality in which we are unable to pop into the future to see the result of a contest and return to place a bet upon it. Against  The question arises as to whether a magnetic field is a real entity, or an artefact of the relative movement of the observer who measures it. Relativity supporters will say that the latter is true. Others will disagree. Many I suspect hold both views from time to time depending on the context within which the subject comes to mind. As we follow the history of the subject, we find that the early experimenters took the view that magnetic fields were real and that they were located around the magnet or electric circuit generating them. Maxwell was the first to assume otherwise. His understanding of magnetic fields is that they are composed of a flux which is stationary in the aether. When he moves a magnet, the magnetic field decays behind it and is built up in front of it. This requires a movement of energy from the back to the front of the moving field described by the Poynting vector. This concept lives on in our explanation of the way in which radio waves convey energy, and in the theory of how energy is conveyed by the electricity main into every home. In relativity, the magnetic field is stationary in the reference frame of an observer who observes it because it is an artefact of their observation.

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i am sorry about the size of the letter i just couldn't change it :S