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Argumentation and Fallacies in Creationist Writings Against Evolutionary Theory Petteri Nieminen1,2* and Anne-Mari Mustonen1
Nieminen and Mustonen Evolution: Education and Outreach 2014, 7:11 http://www.evolution-outreach.com/content/7/1/11 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Argumentation and fallacies in creationist writings against evolutionary theory Petteri Nieminen1,2* and Anne-Mari Mustonen1 Abstract Background: The creationist–evolutionist conflict is perhaps the most significant example of a debate about a well-supported scientific theory not readily accepted by the public. Methods: We analyzed creationist texts according to type (young earth creationism, old earth creationism or intelligent design) and context (with or without discussion of “scientific” data). Results: The analysis revealed numerous fallacies including the direct ad hominem—portraying evolutionists as racists, unreliable or gullible—and the indirect ad hominem, where evolutionists are accused of breaking the rules of debate that they themselves have dictated. Poisoning the well fallacy stated that evolutionists would not consider supernatural explanations in any situation due to their pre-existing refusal of theism. Appeals to consequences and guilt by association linked evolutionary theory to atrocities, and slippery slopes to abortion, euthanasia and genocide. False dilemmas, hasty generalizations and straw man fallacies were also common. The prevalence of these fallacies was equal in young earth creationism and intelligent design/old earth creationism. The direct and indirect ad hominem were also prevalent in pro-evolutionary texts. Conclusions: While the fallacious arguments are irrelevant when discussing evolutionary theory from the scientific point of view, they can be effective for the reception of creationist claims, especially if the audience has biases. Thus, the recognition of these fallacies and their dismissal as irrelevant should be accompanied by attempts to avoid counter-fallacies and by the recognition of the context, in which the fallacies are presented. -
Opening the Door Transgender People National Center for Transgender Equality
opening the door the opening The National Center for Transgender Equality is a national social justice people transgender of inclusion the to organization devoted to ending discrimination and violence against transgender people through education and advocacy on national issues of importance to transgender people. www.nctequality.org opening the door NATIO to the inclusion of N transgender people AL GAY AL A GAY NATIO N N D The National Gay and Lesbian AL THE NINE KEYS TO MAKING LESBIAN, GAY, L Task Force Policy Institute ESBIA C BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ORGANIZATIONS is a think tank dedicated to E N FULLY TRANSGENDER-INCLUSIVE research, policy analysis and TER N strategy development to advance T ASK FORCE F greater understanding and OR equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual T and transgender people. RA N by Lisa Mottet S G POLICY E and Justin Tanis N DER www.theTaskForce.org IN E QUALITY STITUTE NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE POLICY INSTITUTE NATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSGENDER EQUALITY this page intentionally left blank opening the door to the inclusion of transgender people THE NINE KEYS TO MAKING LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ORGANIZATIONS FULLY TRANSGENDER-INCLUSIVE by Lisa Mottet and Justin Tanis NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE POLICY INSTITUTE National CENTER FOR TRANSGENDER EQUALITY OPENING THE DOOR The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute is a think tank dedicated to research, policy analysis and strategy development to advance greater understanding and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender -
Cradock Four
Saif Pardawala 12/7/2012 TRC Cradock Four Amnesty Hearings Abstract: The Amnesty Hearing of the Truth and Reconciliation show the connection between the South African Apartheid state and the mysterious disappearances of four Cradock political activists. The testimonies of members of the security police highlight the lengths the apartheid state was willing to go to suppress opposition. The fall of Apartheid and the numerous examples of state mandated human rights abuses against its opponents raised a number of critical questions for South Africans at the time. Among the many issues to be addressed, was the need to create an institution for the restoration of the justice that had been denied to the many victims of apartheid’s crimes. Much like the numerous truth commissions established in Eastern Europe and Latin America after the formation of democracy in those regions, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was founded with the aims of establishing a restorative, rather than punitive justice. The goal of the TRC was not to prosecute and impose punishment on the perpetrators of the state’s suppression of its opposition, but rather to bring closure to the many victims and their families in the form of full disclosure of the truth. The amnesty hearings undertaken by the TRC represent these aims, by offering full amnesty to those who came forward and confessed their crimes. In the case of Johan van Zyl, Eric Taylor, Gerhardus Lotz, Nicholas van Rensburg, Harold Snyman and Hermanus du Plessis; the amnesty hearings offer more than just a testimony of their crimes. The amnesty hearings of the murderers of a group of anti-apartheid activists known as the Cradock Four show the extent of violence the apartheid state was willing to use on its own citizens to quiet any opposition and maintain its authority. -
Zentrum Für Antisemitismusforschung Kommentiertes
Zentrum für Antisemitismusforschung Kommentiertes Vorlesungsverzeichnis Wintersemester 2008/2009 Konferenzen Öffentliche Veranstaltungen Oktober 2008—März 2009 Vorwort Das Zentrum für Antisemitismusforschung der Technischen Universität Berlin arbeitet als einziges Institut seiner Art interdisziplinär in Forschung und Lehre über Vorurteile und ihre Folgen wie Antisemitismus, Antiziga- nismus, Fremdenfeindlichkeit, Rassismus. Angrenzende Schwerpunkte der Arbeit sind deutsch-jüdische Geschichte, Holocaust und Rechtsextremis- mus. Das Lehrangebot (das Konferenzen, Workshops und Exkursionen ein- schließt) wird aus den Disziplinen Geschichte, Sozialwissenschaften und Li- teraturwissenschaft erbracht, es steht Studierenden aller Fachrichtungen und darüber hinaus allen weiteren Interessenten offen. Die Anerkennung der einzelnen Veranstaltungen für Prüfungen ist (bei un- terschiedlichen Regelungen im einzelnen) in den Fächern Geschichte und Politikwissenschaft grundsätzlich gegeben (für Geschichte vgl. Kommen- tiertes Vorlesungsverzeichnis Geschichte der TU). In Zweifelsfällen und bei anderen Fächern bitte in den betreffenden Instituten nachfragen. Zentrum für Antisemitismusforschung der Technischen Universität Berlin Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7 Universitätshochhaus (TEL) 8. und 9. OG 10587 Berlin Internet: www.tu-berlin.de/zfa Sekretariat: Ingrid Stuchlik Tel.: (030) 314-25851 Fax: (030) 314-21136 E-Mail: [email protected] Sekretariat Prof. Bergmann: Elisabeth Lindner Sprechzeit: Mo — Do vormittags Tel.: (030) 314-25854 Fax: (030) 314-21136 E-Mail: [email protected] Sprechstunden für Studierende: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Benz Mi 14.00—15.00 Uhr (und n. V.) Prof. Dr. Werner Bergmann Do 14.00—16.00 Uhr (und n. V.) PD Dr. Bernward Dörner nach der Veranstaltung PD Dr. Rainer Erb nach Vereinbarung Dr. Winfried Meyer nach der Veranstaltung Dr. Peter Widmann nach der Veranstaltung Veranstaltungsräume: TEL 811 Universitätshochhaus H 107 Hauptgebäude EB 107 Erweiterungsbau (neben dem Hauptgebäude) Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus Chausseestr. -
Beyond Remittances: the Role of Diaspora in Poverty Reduction in Their Countries of Origin
Beyond Remittances: The Role of Diaspora in Poverty Reduction in their Countries of Origin A Scoping Study by the Migration Policy Institute for the Department of International Development July 2004 By Kathleen Newland, Director with Erin Patrick, Associate Policy Analyst Migration Policy Institute 1400 16th Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036 202-266-1940 www.migrationpolicy.org The Migration Policy Institute is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank dedicated to the study of the movement of people worldwide. The Institute provides knowledge-based analysis, development, and evaluation of migration and refugee policies at the local, national, and international levels. Additional information on migration and development can be found on the Migration Information Source, MPI’s web-based resource for current and accurate migration and refugee data and analysis at www.migrationinformation.org. i Table of Contents Executive Summary iv Introduction 1 Table 1: Resource flows to developing countries (in billions of US$) Part I: Overview of Country of Origin Policies and Practice towards Diaspora 3 China Table 2: Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in China, (1990-2001) India Table 3: Percentage Distribution of NRIs and PIOs by Region Text Box: “Investment or remittances? Chinese and Indian Patterns” Eritrea Table 4: Total Number of Eritrean Refugees, 1992-2003 The Philippines Mexico Table 5: Stock of Foreign Born from Mexico in the United States, 1995-2003 Taiwan Reflections Part II: Diaspora Engagement in Countries of Origin 14 Home Town Associations Business Networks Building Social Capital Perpetuating Conflict Moderating Conflict Philanthropy Reflections Part III: Donors’ Engagement with Diaspora 23 Human Capital Programs Community Development Research Building Capacity in Diaspora Communities Reflections ii Part IV: Recommendations 28 1. -
The Pedagogical Dimension of Indoctrination: Criticism of Indoctrination and the Constructivism in Education
META: Research in Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, and Practical Philosophy – IV (1) / 2012 META: RESEARCH IN HERMENEUTICS, PHENOMENOLOGY, AND PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY VOL. IV, NO. 1 / JUNE 2012: 88-105, ISSN 2067-3655, www.metajournal.org The Pedagogical Dimension of Indoctrination: Criticism of Indoctrination and the Constructivism in Education Mariana Momanu “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași Abstract This study proposes a critical analysis of indoctrination in the field of education. We shall first discuss the meaning of this word trying to identify two fundamental dimensions: the pedagogical dimension and the ideological one. After approaching the relationship between indoctrination and authority in education, we classify the types of indoctrination identified by O. Reboul (1977) based on these two dimensions. For the analysis of indoctrination in the teaching process we used a four-dimensional model that includes: the intention, teaching contents, teaching methods and finalities of the didactic process. The study concludes with criticisms of indoctrination in terms of the constructivist paradigm in education. We consider that, far from having achieved the single possible approach, the constructivism is an option for educating the critical spirit and preventing the risks of indoctrination within the teaching process. Keywords: indoctrination, authority, teaching, criticism of indoctrination, constructivist approach. 1. The Concept of Indoctrination. The Pedagogical Dimension of Indoctrination The initial meaning of indoctrination is of pedagogical nature. In Latin, Doctrina means education, science, doctrine, that can many times substitute one for another. The former meaning of doctrine was savoir or acquired knowledge (Robert 1957, 1564), while that of the verb to indoctrinate was: to instruct, to provide someone with knowledge, to teach a science (Robert 1957, 1564). -
LGBTQ Movie and Tv List for Youth
RECOMMENDED MOVIES AND TELEVISION SERIES With lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning characters and themes As with selecting any media, we encourage you to use this list as the beginning guide to choosing movies. Showing movies and TV series with diverse characters helps young people see different worldviews and connect with characters that might be more like them, or less like them. While some of the movies and TV shows on this list have important stories to tell, others are just comedies, animated films, action movies, science fiction, or general movies and shows that happen to have LGBTQ characters in them. Some R rated movies and TV-14 shows are included in this list. Please be aware that sometimes movies are and have been historically rated R simply because they have LGBTQ characters. You should always preview a movie or TV show before showing it to assess whether it is appropriate for the audience. We have indicated potentially sensitive topics and some ideas for utilizing the movie for educational purposes. † - A cross indicates that the movie is highly recommended from the organizers of this list. MOVIES TITLE AND RATING YEAR AND DESCRIPTION (FROM IMDB.COM) THEMES TO BE AWARE OF AND IDEAS FOR USE DIRECTOR And the Band Played 1993 The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic People shown with HIV/AIDS getting sick and eventually dying On Roger and the political infighting of the scientific Useful to show historical context of HIV/AIDS and PG Spottiswoode community hampering the early fight with it. discrimination of the gay community. -
Wagner Intoxication
WAGNER INTOXICATION: LISTENING TO GOTTFRIED H. WAGNER — 1/27/21, Holocaust Remembrance Day “The Truth Nobody Wants to Hear” From Left: Michael Shapiro, Gottfried Wagner, John Corigliano, William M. Hoffman, Lawrence D. Mass, 1995, at the home of Michael Shapiro, Chappaqua, New York _________ Lawrence D. Mass, M.D., a specialist in addiction medicine, is a co- founder of Gay Men’s Health Crisis and was the first to write about 1 AIDS for the press. He is the author of We Must Love One Another or Die: The Life and Legacies of Larry Kramer. He is completing On The Future of Wagnerism, a sequel to his memoir, Confessions of a Jewish Wagnerite. For additional biographical information on Lawrence D. Mass, please see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_D._Mass Larry Mass: For Gottfried Wagner, my work on Wagner, art and addiction struck an immediate chord of recognition. I was trying to describe what Gottfried has long referred to as “Wagner intoxication.” In fact, he thought this would make a good title for my book. The subtitle he suggested was taken from the title of his Foreword to my Confessions of a Jewish Wagnerite: “Redemption from Wagner the redeemer: some introductory thoughts on Wagner’s anti- semitism.” The meaning of this phrase, “redemption from the redeemer,” taken from Nietzsche, is discussed in the interview with Gottfried that follows these reflections. Like me, Gottfried sees the world of Wagner appreciation as deeply affected by a cultish devotion that from its inception was cradling history’s most irrational and extremist mass-psychological movement. -
A Dissertation Entitled Mothering Academics
A Dissertation entitled Mothering Academics: Women’s Perception of the Intersectionality of Academic Leading and Rearing Underage Children in a Midwestern Urban Community College by Crystal R. Clark Submitted to the Graduate Faculty as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Higher Education _________________________________________ Dave Meabon, PhD, Committee Chair _________________________________________ Ron Opp, PhD, Committee Member _________________________________________ Penny Poplin Gosetti, PhD, Committee Member _________________________________________ Colleen Quinlan, PhD, Committee Member _________________________________________ Dr. Amanda Bryant-Friedrich, Dean College of Graduate Studies The University of Toledo December 2017 Copyright 2017, Crystal R. Clark This document is copyrighted material. Under copyright law, no parts of this document may be reproduced without the expressed permission of the author. An Abstract of Mothering Academics: Women’s Perception of the Intersectionality of Academic Leading and Rearing Underage Children in a Midwestern Urban Community College by Crystal R. Clark Submitted to the Graduate Faculty as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Higher Education The University of Toledo December 2017 In 2011, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) acknowledged the absence of trend data to predict the representation of women in future academic leadership. This gap in the literature coupled with non-representative -
Introduction to the Second Edition
Introduction to the Second Edition By Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel Founder and Director, Remember the Women Institute Remember the Women Institute has created this Women, Theatre, and the Holocaust Resource Handbook as a service to educators and others for whom this information is relevant and necessary. The information here is also intended to be incorporated into two larger projects: the Holocaust Theater Catalog of the National Jewish Theater Foundation, as well as a virtual Holocaust Theatre Online Collection (currently only in Hebrew) for All About Jewish Theatre. We are pleased to be part of both of these larger projects, the former based in the United States and the latter, in Israel. We launched the first edition of this resource handbook in April 2015, at a Yom HaShoah commemoration co-sponsored by Remember the Women Institute, American Jewish Historical Society, and All About Jewish Theatre, and held at the Center for Jewish History, New York. The event coincided with the Remembrance Readings Day of National Jewish Theater Foundation, which encourages using theatre to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive. This new updated 2016 edition of the resource handbook is also being released in conjunction with Remembrance Readings Day on May 2, with a program of readings at the Center for Jewish History in New York, co-sponsored by the American Jewish Historical Society. Like the 2015 event, the program is a reflection of the goals of this resource handbook: providing information on and encouraging the production of plays and dramatic presentations about the Holocaust that are written by women and/or about the experience of women during the Holocaust. -
Nr.6 SONDERAUSGABE BEARBEITUNG
Nr. 6 SONDERAUSGABE *** UNTERSTÜTZT VON VVN-BDA CHEMNITZ In dieser Ausgabe ● Anmerkungen zur Geschichtsaufarbeitung in Ost und West und von dabei genehmen und unerwünschten Menschen ● GEDANKEN ZUM THEMA ● LESEHINWEISE ● AUS VERÖFFENTLICHTEN UND UNVERÖFFENTLICHTEN BRIEFEN Aufklärung der Kriegs- und Naziverbrechen, wie ging es damit in West und Ost? Im April erklärte die "Zentrale Stelle zur Aufklärung von NS- Verbrechen" in Ludwigsburg, dass nun gegen 50 mutmaßliche KZ- Wachleute aus Auschwitz- Birkenau ermittelt werde. Und, nach einer jetzt veröffentlichten Studie der "Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington", gab es mindestens 42 500 NS- Lager. AUFGEMERKT & ANGEMERKT berichtete in Nr. 5 ausführlich. – Wird nun die Geschichte neu geschrieben, kommen nun die "Leichen" aus den BRD- Kellern? Stellt man sich hierzulande nun den Versäumnissen der letzten 68 Jahre? Die Diskussion darüber ist in Gang gekommen. Leserbriefe in der Freie Presse, 17. April 2013 Veröffentlichungen 2013 Nun die Geschichte neu schreiben? Ein Gespräch mit Dieter Skiba Der Diplomjurist Dieter Skiba (Foto Jattke), Jahrgang 1938, ehemals Oberstleutnant und letzter Leiter der in der DDR mit der Aufklärung von Nazi- und Kriegsverbrechen befassten Abteilung 11 des Untersuchungsorgans des MfS (HA IX/11), der vor allem von mit Faschismusforschung befassten Wissenschaftlern aus dem Ausland und seriösen deutschen Dieter Skiba Journalisten als Sachkenner gefragt wird. 1 2 Was ist in West und Ost aus den Verpflichtungen nach dem Potsdamer Abkommen geworden? 1945 Potsdam – und wie weiter in Ost und West? Was und Wer werden bei der Wahrheitsfindung gebraucht? AUFGEMERKT & ANGEMERKT geht hier in einem Gespräch mit Dieter Skiba auch diesen Fragen nach. ● Zunächst galten die Festlegungen im Potsdamer Abkommen für Ost und West in gleichem Maß. -
Anti·Apartheid
FREE anti·apartheid iACTION! October 1985 BAY AREA FREE SOUTH AFRICA MOVEMENT No.4 BAFSAM Opposes Trade With Apartheid On October 8, the Bay Area Free South Africa Movement (BAFSAM) met with the Oakland Port Commission to demand that the Port of Oakland forbid the handling of both incoming and outgoing trade with South Africa. The struggle to get the Port Commis sioners to agree to this demand is part and parcel of an international call to break all diplomatic, economic and cul tural ties with the apartheid (racially segregated) regime. The call for breaking these ties with South Africa has been made by the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and other black trade unions. It has been endorsed by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), the World Fed eration of.Trade Unions (WFTU) and the International Labor Organization of the United Nations (!LO). Given that the United States is South Africa's number one trading partner, the BAFSAM has always stressed the importance of cutting off trade relations with the South African regime. the BAFSAM joins with the workers and community activists of New Orleans, Vancouver, B.C., Los Angeles, Tacoma, and Vancouver in Washington state, and picket line at the Oakland offices of the SAM, along with representatives from San Francisco who have refused to Pacific Maritime Association, and mon 20 other community organizations and unload or have delayed unloading itored and picketed other incoming trade unions, attended the West Coast South African car_go. ofteh risking vio ships laden with South African goods. Meeting to Stop South African Trade.