Argumentation

**I. Argumentation**
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When argumenting you defend and justify your thoughts and you also argue about different solutions to given problems. Your arguments might be favoring something or against something. People might justify their ideas by using facts or opinions. Your job is to distinguish among facts and opinions and to be able to use them properly.
 * II. Assignment:**

[] 1. What is a "syllogism"? Think of an example and write it down.
 * a. Please visit the following web page and read all about argumenting**. Please answer the following questions in your wiki

A syllogism is a logical sequence, where two prepositions valid are united to make a final conclusion. For example:
 * premise 1** : All cats are animals
 * premise 2** : My cat´s name is Silvester.
 * final conclusion**: Silvester is an animal

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**
 * Enthymeme**
 * Induction**
 * Deduction**

3. Now click on "logical fallacies" and mention the types of logical fallacies that exist. Write an example of each one.

If we ban Chemical factories because they are bad for the environmen, because they produce much smoke, eventually the government will ban all factories, so we should not ban chemical factories.
 * Slippery slope:**

Even though I have not played that game, I was not going to like me.
 * Hasty Generalization:**

I ate candys and now I have a stomachache, so the candys must have give me a stomachache.
 * Post hoc ergo propter hoc:**

The witches are bad, because they were hunted in the Middle Ages.
 * Genetic Fallacy**

the brutal killing of seals should be banned. Daddy Yankee is a bad singer because his voice sounds very bad on his songs.
 * Begging the Claim:**
 * Circular Argument:**

we can either stop the killing of seals or destroy the wildlife. The Chavistas are bad because they do not play fair.
 * Either/or:**
 * Ad hominem:**

If you were a true democrat you would support the rights to freedom of expression.
 * Ad populum:**

Be police is dangerous because it can kill you, but someone has to do the job.
 * Red Herring:**


 * Straw Man:**
 * The people who supported the destruction of the phone just wanted to avoid communication with the outside.**

The destruction of a house was so terrible as the earthquake in Haiti.
 * Moral Equivalence:**

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

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1. Smoking is a nasty habit. Opinion 2. Smoking is an unhealthy habit. Fact 3. Daffodils are the prettiest of all the spring flowers. Opinion 4. Summer is the best season of all. Opinion 5. London is the best city to visit when touring in England. Opinion 6. London is the capital city of England. Fact 7. Mary is the best shot in the netball team. Opinion 8. John scored the most goals this season. Fact 9. Football is better than netball. Opinion 10. 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.

I think that the author is against the relativity theory because he says that:

“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.”

In both paragraphs, the author's views **are**  against    this theory.