Contradictions

In chapter 8 of the Epstein book they talk about general claims and there contradictions. A contradictory claim is one that always has the opposite truth value. The book has a lot of really good and simple examples that lay it straight out and make it easy to understand, and I really like that because rather than giving just a definition it gives us many thing to look at and think about so that we don’t make the same mistake.I find this useful because rather than making myself sound dumb, I can avoid a contradiction when I am being witty!:)
I also liked this concept because as I was reading it, it made me think of that starburst commercial with the scottish-korean, and the albino lifegard lol. thats not possible so its funny, and it is a contradiction although the examples in the book are a little less funny they get the job done!
Dont be a condradiction!:)

Helpfull Assignments

So far I have found that the assignment that has been the most helpful to me during the coarse has been assignment number 2. I think that this assignment was fun as well as helpfull. Through this assignment I was able to learn more about the World wildlife foundation, a foundation dedicated to the conservation and the well beinf of our earth as well as endangered speicies. The Site is really interesting, and if you want to take part in helping to make a difference.But this project was really helpfull in a number of different ways, it helped me to see how companys use things like reasoning and fallacys to get us interested in there site or product or whatever it may be. Projects like this are the most helpful because rather than just reading about the concept in a book you are getting a first hand example of it, and in my case it was not just a boring old book example, its a wildlife example!

P.S. this is a cool site, check it out and participate in earth hour :)

Vauge Generalities

Vauge generalities:

as the book states there are mny ways we talk about all or a part of a collection without specifying a specific number.
These are some key words of vauge generalities:
>all
>almost
>many
>most
>a lot of
>some
>a few
>very few

most of these words are too vauge to figure in valid rguments.

Example:
I was arguing with a friend of why they should not drink and drive. They told me its really not a big deal because they know there limit. I then told them its dangerouse because if they drink and drive it could be fatal, even if its only a few drinks. Then i asked them, "So how many drinks did you have?" they replied "Um I dont know, a few." Later that night they got into a car accident.
This is too vauge because to some people a few may be two but to another it may be 5.

This was helpful because it showed me that when making a claim I need to be very specific and avoid thses words.

Communication Channels and networking

In life there are certain situations in which you will need to communicate , so it would benifit you to know about communication channels.There are formal channels which are the communication paths established along their heirarchical chart of the company and involve such isssues as status, authority, and power. Then there are formal channels which refer to the "grapevine" as well as to unathorized communication between two or more persons in an orginization. Another important thing to know about would be networking. These things are important because sometimes in life you need to know people to be able to get places in life. A perfect example of a good networking site would be facebook. You get to meet new people and throught communication channels and also network your self out into face book. If you are a model or into music or just want to get yourself out there face book is a awsome place to do so.

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A. Evaluating the premmises
as we talked about before there are three tests a argument must pass to be a good argument and they are;
1. there is a good reason to believe the premise
2. the premises are mor plausible than the conclusion
3. the argument is strong or valid

and there are three choices we can make about whether to believe a claim
1.accept the claim as true
2.reject the claim as false
3.suspend judgement

Analysis:I believe that this is a strong argument and that it passes the test to be a good argument and the decision I make about iit is to accept the claim as true.

B.Criteria for acceoting or rejecting claims
1.we accept a claim if we know it is true from our own experience
2.we reject a claim if we know it is false from our own experience
but there are some exceptions:
-we have good reason to doubt our memory or our perception
-the claim contradicts other experiences of ours, and there is a good argument against the claim

So we have to base it on our experience and also on other sources because it may not be reliable or it may just be a fake and a phony!

Analysis:so like i said before i accept this add to be true and the reason i accept it is because through personal experience and also because this is such a big deal the sources are reliable and we all know the truths of it.



Be kind to our earth :)
Please

Rational discussion

In a mad world only the mad are sane.

— Kurosawa, Akira

I think the people who are "crazy" and do the weirdest things are the ones who are really not crazy in this crazy world.


Analysis:
My analysis of this quote is a little far fetched, like in the King example. As in the Martin Luther King example i am putting words in Akira Kurosawa mout. This is probably not what she means, in fact im pretty sure it is quite simple because It seems it is almost impossible to mistunderstand what she is saying.By me saying "I think..." this is not a argument because just because I think that does not mean that everyone thinks this so it is not a valid argument.This quote is pretty straight forward and blunt. This is a poor attempt at an argument because I am not using it correctly.

I hope that this clears things up a little more, some of these examples were a little hard to understand so I did my best.:)