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Test your belief by seeking out other viewpoints” Holding different beliefs, even when no one knows what you believe in, how do you know that your belief is accurate? Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay are two authors who have written on analyzing beliefs in order to identify the true beliefs or cultural beliefs for all audiences. According to the authors, believing differently is natural, but it will be very difficult to accept everybody even if they can’t satisfy each other’s beliefs. Peter Boghossian and Lindsay’s argument is “Test your beliefs by seeking out other viewpoints”. This article is very effective and incredibly powerful because of the use of logos and ethos. Additionally, the lack of uses pathos helps to make their argument …show more content…

Ethos are the emotions of a writer that are expressed in an attempt to persuade an audience. Boghossian and Lindsay’s use of Philosophers brings more credibility and impresses readers for questioning and think deeply about what are they reading. In the article, the example of ethos is “let people be wrong. It’s ok if someone doesn’t believe what you believe.” This statement makes credibility and inspires readers to be accepting and respect others’ beliefs. There is another example of using ethos “Call out extremists on your side.” By endorsing extremists, the authors emphasize their views and establish themselves as reliable sources. Overall, Boghossian and Lindsay’s use of ethos is very effective in purchasing the …show more content…

They use logos, pathos, and ethos for supporting their idea and they are very successful authors. We need to understand each other and the beliefs that make us close. Throughout the article, there are unique words for example “myopia” and “du jour.” Myopia means a vision condition in which people can see close objects clearly, but objects farther away appear blurred. On the other hand “ Du jour” means of the day. The authors successfully delivered their argument and achieved their goal. In the article, there are very few metaphors and similes. Dental hygiene and belief hygiene is a combination of metaphors and similes that plays a vital role in Boghossian and Lindsay’s argument in the article. So when someone has different beliefs, we need to respect and understand each other beliefs and viewpoints instead of making