The Declaration Of Sentiments, By Elizabeth Cady Stanton

2) Deductive logic starts with a premise and applies it to a specific case to reach a conclusion

The Emancipation Proclamation is centered on the concept of freeing the slaves; however, the proclamation did not actually free any slaves but had a greater goal of preserving the Union through European alliance. The Emancipation Proclamation did not free slaves in Union controlled lands but instead freed the slaves where the federal government had no real power. At his inauguration, Lincoln even stated that he has “no lawful right [to] interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it [already] exists.” Furthermore, Lincoln revealed, in a letter to Horace Greeley that slavery is not even a primary focus of his political agenda when he stated “my paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and it is not either to save or destroy slavery.” This letter also emphasizes Lincoln’s chief interest during the American Civil War – to maintain the Union. Therefore, Lincoln himself indicated that the Emancipation Proclamation’s purpose was to preserve the Union by successfully aiding in closing the door to European intervention in the South.

American Scripture is a work of nonfiction written by Pauline Maier and published in 1997 by the Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. publishing company. The book centers on the writing of the Declaration of Independence and how it influences America. It also looks at the various aspects that control and shape how the Declaration is written. Within the book, many of the fundamental principles of United States are discussed. Three of the most important ones addressed throughout the book are limited government, popular sovereignty, and equality.

The Declaration of Independence paralleled the colonizer and colonized, The Declaration of Sentiments paralleled man and woman, Truth parallels the upper-class white woman with the working class Black woman. All three documents seek justice for a group of people by presenting unfamiliar arguments, through familiar argumentation.

This argument is inductive, becasue the premises provide strong support for the conclusion. A strong argument shows that the conclusion is highly likely to be true given the truth of the premises. The support that I have given for the argument in the premises below examine the truth and logical explanations of the conclusion that I have stated.

22.  A ________________ is a fundamental form of reasoning where one proposition is inferred from two others.

An argument is deductively valid if and only if its premises are true and always lead to a true conclusion. (Dolson, HO #3, p.1) Premise A, “If Abraham Lincoln was a friend of John Wilkes Booth, then John Wilkes Booth would not kill Abraham Lincoln.” is true. Premise B, “Abraham Lincoln was not friends with John Wilkes booth.” is also true. But, the conclusion supposes that because John Wilkes Booth and Lincoln were not friends, Booth would kill Abraham Lincoln. There are multiple ways to show an argument is invalid. One test is Dan Dolson's Test for Validity (D.D.T.V.). To use D.D.T.V. we must pretend the premises are true and find a way in which the conclusion can be false (Dolson, #3, p.1). We have already stated the premises are true so there is no need to pretend, but the test still works. We can easily imagine a situation in which Booth and Lincoln are not friends where Booth does not kill Lincoln. Therefore, using the D.D.T.V. we can conclude that the argument is invalid.

The title of the short story that I read was “The Gettysburg Address”, Abraham Lincoln wrote it and it was first recited on November 13, 1863. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States and was born on February 12, 1809 and died April 15,1865. He was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky, and also lived in New Salem, Illinois, Springfield, Illinois, and Washington ,D.C.. Along with being the 16th president of the United States, Abe Lincoln was a fan of his killer and never was a member of a church, but read the Bible daily.

Formulates a premise by writing a short sentence about the fundamental concept driving the overarching message.

This type of reasoning is based on deductive reasoning. It is essentially the starting point to a deductive reasoning approach. It gives the researcher s an idea of how to begin their process. This process has a set of assumptions, all of which are assumed to be true. (Berg, Ireland, Mutchnick 2010)

A certain persuasive concept that is prevalent within Tom Holder’s Speech, Why We Use Animals in Medical Research, is inductive reasoning. Inductive reasoning uses specific examples that support the topic and moves to a more generalized idea and claim (Watt & Barnett, 2011). According to ChangingMinds.org, inductive reasoning has four stages (Changing Minds, 2016). The four stages

An example of inductive inference would be the assumption that if you meet someone in public and they are nice, and you have no reason to judge the next person, then they will be nice as well. Inductive inferences are an unconscious way to process events in a way that supports positive morality; without inductive inferences, people would be left to deal with only truths and although the truth is normally a good thing, it may not be best for everyone to know. With inductive inferences, people can live their lives making positive assumptions which put the mind at ease versus knowing negative things that can ultimately lead to overstress.

Going through the provided arguments about deduction, I believe that deduction is a way of triggering the mind of an individual so that they have the capacity to understand the concept that is being discussed. According to this argument, it is innocent individuals have the ability to establish the right in applying the empirical concepts to the objects through appealing to the idea that the ideas emerged from the objects. We also have the capacity to form the practical idea by comparing personal objects ascending from individual perceptions to the general concepts, which is regarded as the empirical deduction. However, no reasonable deduction establishes our right in applying the pure concepts to objects because the concepts can only be provided by a genuine understanding of the concepts.

The last words spoken in the United States’ Pledge of Allegiance are, “…with liberty and justice for all.” The Pledge of Allegiance was written By Francis Bellany, and was used for public schools celebration of Columbus Day. The Pledge was written as a promise to all United States citizens (Sage Publications Inc, 1942). The pledge is a promise to all US citizens, and is promising justice for all, but throughout America’s history, and today, not everyone is given justice. This paper highlights examples and stories about injustices faced against African Americans, and activists groups who are fighting for equal rights and treatment.

The hypothesis of the Peircean logical system viewed that one may say the logic of abduction and deduction add to our conceptual understanding of a phenomena (Chong Ho Yu, 2005), while the logic of induction provides empirical backing to conceptual knowledge (Chong Ho Yu, 2005). “In other words, abduction, deduction, and induction work together to explore, refine and substantiate research questions” (Chong Ho Yu, 2005). Some