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| The first step in making an argument is: |
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| Asking yourself what you are trying to prove. |
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| When supporting your conclusion you should: |
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| A single example for a generalization: |
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| Offers very little or no support. |
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| May strengthen a generalization. |
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- May reason that because two things are alike in some ways, they are alike in others.
- May rely on things being relevantly similar.
- Can be partially successful.
- Require a true Premise |
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| When something is not common knowledge. |
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| Crosschecking sources is unnecessary if: |
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| Never, you should always crosscheck sources. |
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| A good source for support: |
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| Should be informed and impartial. |
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| A regular association between two |
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| When things may have different causes: |
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| Try to determine the relative weights of the causes. |
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| a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion. |
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| a reasoned deduction or inference |
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-Each one relates to the next
-Either starting or ending with the conclusion |
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-Use examples to support generalizations
-Representative samples
Might want to stay away from these – leads to
stereotyping
-Helps with catching overgeneralizations |
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| Based on the idea that because two examples are alike in many ways |
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| they are also alike in one further specific way (stresses “likeness”) |
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| – must be qualified to make them. May have to be able to make an argument WHY they are an informed source. Recognize the limitations, and also look at the underlying facts, examples, and analogies behind the statement. |
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| – do not have a stake in the immediate issues. Particularly true with political issue. Watch out for those people/organizations that seek to attack and demean the other side in order to weaken their claims. |
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| look at whether equally good authorities agree – and if not, the arguments behind the assertions (judges). Disagreement does not necessarily disqualify |
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| Correlation (a regular association between two events or kinds of events). |
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| Increase/Increase ; Inverse Correlation – Increase/Decrease |
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