HUMA 1970 Chapter Notes - Chapter essay: Rachel Carson, Public Reason, Thesis Statement

• School: York University
• Department: Humanities
• Course: HUMA 1970
• Professor: Katharine Mary Anderson

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Introduce your 3 arguments: transition to 3 arguments. 1st argument: develop analysis by providing detailed & specific examples/critical thinking. 2nd argument: develop analysis by providing detailed & specific examples/critical thinking. 3rd argument: develop analysis by providing detailed & specific examples/critical thinking: transition to conclusion. Explain the effects of your thesis by providing macro analysis. Leave the reader convinced of your thesis statement, and pondering the impacts/effects of the situation. Religion strong christian values and belief in god dominated the mental paradigm of the 16th century. This aided in the aristotelian worldview to be convincing because the aristotelian world was rooted in sense experience, and was always addressed too the position of human observers. This had two major implications which made it appealing, firstly, it was easily understood by almost anyone since it was based on sense perceptions rather than theoretical or abstract concepts. This made the image an appealing representation of the world.