PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT PHI 103 Week 1 DQ 1 (Consider an argument you have recently) PHI 103 Week 1 DQ 2 (Logic can do a great deal in helping us understand our arguments) PHI 103 Week 1 Quiz PHI 103 Week 2 DQ 1 (Construct a deductive argument) PHI 103 Week 2 DQ 2 (Construct an inductive argument)

PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Week 1 DQ 1 (Consider an argument you have recently) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT Consider an argument you have recently had with a friend, family member, manager, co-worker, or someone else. Identify the topic of the argument and present that argument in premise-conclusion form, identifying both the premises and conclusion.

PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Week 1 DQ 2 (Logic can do a great deal in helping us understand our arguments) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT DQ 2; Logic can do a great deal in helping us understand our arguments. Explain what advantages we obtain by studying logic in terms of improving our reasoning. Consider a debate over whether prayer should be allowed in public schools. Explain what logic can and cannot do. In other words, what

PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Week 1 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT Question : Which of these could be seen as a premise in an argument? 2. Question : A valid deductive argument, the premises of which are accepted as true, shows 3. Question : "You didn't like that book; so you probably don't like to read" is 4. Question : In the statement, "You didn't like that restaurant; so you probably don't like to eat out," "you probably don't like to out" is the

PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Week 2 Assignment Final Paper Outline Pro Choice (Legalized Abortion) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT Final Paper Outline. Review the Final Paper instructions in Week 5 of the onlinecourse or in the “Components of Course Evaluation” section of this guide. Then, visit the Ashford Writing Center (located in the Learning Resources tab in the left navigation bar). The outline must containa Introduction with thesis statement.

PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Week 2 DQ 1 (Construct a deductive argument) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT DQ 1 Construct a deductive argument that is valid but not sound. Then, construct a valid deductive argument that is sound. Be sure to put the argument in premise-conclusion form.

PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Week 2 DQ 2 (Construct an inductive argument) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT DQ 2 Construct an inductive argument for a specific conclusion. Then, explain what you might do to make this inductive argument stronger, either by revising the premises or by revising the conclusion.

PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Week 2 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT Question : "10 is less than 100; 100 is less than 1,000; consequently, 10 is less than 1,000" is an example of a 2. Question : One way to make an inductive argument stronger is to 3. Question : All sound arguments are valid, but not all valid arguments are sound. This means 4. Question : Inductive arguments should never be characterized as

PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Week 3 Assignment Stereotype Paper FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT PHI 103 Week 3 Assignment Stereotype Paper Stereotype Paper. Read Stereotyping Has Lasting Negative Impact: Prejudice has lingering effects,study shows and watch How Pre- existing Beliefs Distort Logical Reasoning. Discuss three stereotypes you encounter in your own life and the effect thosestereotypes can have on others.

PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Week 3 DQ 1 (Considering the fallacies discussed in Chapter Four) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT DQ 1 Considering the fallacies discussed in Chapter Four of An Introduction to Logic, construct three different arguments that display distinct fallacies. Give an explanation of why each makes a mistake in drawing the conclusion it does. Review your classmates’ examples and see if they, in fact, commit the fallacy identified.

PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Week 3 DQ 2 (One rich source of fallacies is the media) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT DQ 2 One rich source of fallacies is the media: television, radio, magazines, and the Internet (including, of course, commercials.) Identify two distinct fallacies you see committed in the media. Do you think it is more likely that you will not be fooled by these fallacies having studied logic? What do you think those presenting these arguments assume about the logical skills of their viewers?

PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Week 3 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT Question : "China uses too much oil. So they shouldn't develop their industry" may commit which fallacy? 2. Question : "Julie started carrying a rabbit's foot, then she won the lottery. The rabbit's foot must have caused her to win the lottery" commits a(n) 3. Question : A person who is shown his or her argument commits a fallacy should 4. Question : A fallacy is an argument that

PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Week 4 Critical Thinking Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT 1. Question : Mrs.Orlof teaches two history classes, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Yesterday she gave the same test to both classes. Anyone who failed the test must take a retest. Since a greater percentage of students who took the morning test failed the test than students

PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Week 4 DQ 1 (Scientists design experiments and try to obtain results) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT PHI 103 PHI 103 Week 4 DQ 1; As stated in our text book “scientists design experiments and try to obtain results verifying or disproving a hypothesis, but philosophers are the driving force in determining what factors determine the validity of scientific results.” (Mosser, 2011). Karl Popper's philosophy of science uses modus

PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Week 4 DQ 2 (Mary is poor. She has not been able to find a job) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT DQ 2 Mary is poor. She has not been able to find a job and has two children she needs to feed. Assume Mary is forced to let her children go hungry or steal some food from a local grocery store. Which should she do? Construct an argument that supports Mary's decision to steal the food or an argument that

PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Week 4 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT 1. Question : A good way to establish a conclusion as true, or probable, is to 2. Question : Logicians regard the following as the meaning of the word "argument." 3. Question : A strongly supported claim in science should be regarded as

PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Week 5 DQ 1 (Write two arguments in English) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT PHI 103 PHI 103 Week 5 DQ 1;Write two arguments in English, one in the form of modus ponens and one in the form of modus tollens. Then, write the arguments in symbols using sentence letters and truth-functional connectives.

PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Week 5 DQ 2 (Imagine someone asks you what you have learned) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT Imagine someone asks you what you have learned in your logic class and what you found to be the most useful information you learned there. Is it important for people to study logic? What kinds of mistakes might they make without having been exposed to a careful study of reasoning provided

PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Week 5 Final Paper Legalized Abortion FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT Argument Paper For the Final Paper, you will identify a specific claim relative to one of the topicslisted before and defend it with as strong an argument as possible. These topicsare presented below as questions. The best way to develop a thesis statement isto offer an answer to the question, and then state in a clear

PHI 103 PAPERS E XCELLENCE I N S TUDY PHI 103 Week 5 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT 1. Question : The sentence "P → Q" is read as 2. Question : "P v Q" is best interpreted as 3. Question : What is the truth value of the sentence "P v ~ P"? 4. Question : If P is false, and Q is false, the truth- value of "P ↔Q" is

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