Word: argumentative
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...best argument in favor of Government 1060 comes from the course's own syllabus: Book VI of Plato's Republic: ¨Those who belong to this small class have tasted how sweet and blessed a possession philosophy is.¨ (¨This small class¨ indeed – 31 undergraduates enrolled in the class this past fall, and 19 undergrads signed up in 2004, when Richard Tuck led the course. By comparison, the average size of a Moral Reasoning core course last year – and Government 1060 now counts for MR credit...
...facts and a reprehensible attempt to confer legitimacy on Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands. The Israeli settlement enterprise has become a universal emblem of colonialism in the 21st century. This insignia of theft and robbery from the poor and the desolate should only be condemned and deplored. The argument flagrantly proffered by Mr. Bronshtein that Palestinian territories were “no man’s land” prior to the arrival of Zionist colonialists could not be further from the truth. My grandfather was a farmer, and before him his father and forefathers, and I take serious objection...
...Does Islam Flout Reason? Why the Pope's Case Is a Flimsy One Viewpoint: The issue is important, but Benedict has presented neither the evidence nor insight to make his argument stick...
...Forced Argument on Forced Conversions Viewpoint: Kidnapped journalists converting at gunpoint. The Pope quoting a 14th century Byzantine emperor. The sudden focus on forced conversions to Islam reflects a fundamental misreading of that religion's history
...area of research. As such, they have a high student-teacher ratio, high grading curve, and even higher esoterica index. Hardly Social Studies 10. However, economics, philosophy, and quantum mechanics classes all count toward the mathematics concentration, and writing a good proof is similar to writing a good legal argument. Though official data isn’t released, anecdotal evidence suggests a gender ratio that could only be described with the technical terminology “sausage fest”. Despite the politics surrounding math and gender, men in math are much less likely to be hostile to women than...