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Details Title: SPCM 102 Description: Test 2 Lecture 5 Total Flash Cards: 12 Created: 10/03/2007 19:43:20	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Argument from Classification Definition The warrant identifies a characteristic or class of category Class to Specific Term Argument by generalization Definition What is true in these causes is probably true of cases (or generally) -able to general from a smaller set of instances to a larger set. Term Caused to Effect Argument Definition Grounds: X has Happened Claim: Y has happened Warrant: X causes Y Term Effect to Cause Argument Definition Grounds: Y has Happened Claim: X has happened Warrant: Y is caused by X Term Argument by Analogy Definition Grounds: In instance A, X Claim: In instance B, X Warrant: B is similar to A in Essential Respect Term Argument by Authority Definition The person is worthy to believe because of his credibility Term Applying Model to Argument              Definition Find the claim. What does the arguer want you to believe, value, or do Look for the grounds. On what basis am I supposed to buy into this claim? Look for the Warrant, how did you get from those grounds to the claim? Then look for other Parts of the Argument  Term Standards for a good argument  Definition Acceptibility Relevance Sufficiency  Term Acceptibility   Definition The argument has to seem like it is worthy of Belief Term Relevance Definition The grounds that are introducedfor the claims to be relevant Term Suffiency Definition taking argument as a whole is enough     -One case cannot generalize  Term Fallacies Definition General Standards to question an argument