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Comm Test 1
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Communication
Undergraduate 1
09/29/2010

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Arguement
Definition
Set of statements in which a claim is made, support is offered for it, and there is an attempt to influence someone in a context of disagreement
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Arguement Fields
Definition
Sociological contexts for arguments and are makred by patterns of communication that participants in argumentative dispute can recognize
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Claim
Definition
Is an expressed opinion or a conclusion that the arguer wants accepted
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Argument Spheres
Definition
Are social contexts that guide how an argument is developed/produced and evaluated
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Personal Sphere
Definition
Contains the relatively informal arguments among people in typically casual settings
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Critical Thinking
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Is an investigation whose purpose is to explore a situation, question, phenomenon or problem to arrive to a hypothesis or theory about it that includes all available information and is convingtingly justified
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Argument Contexts
Definition
Grow out of the confluence of arguer, question or need, and audience
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Public Sphere
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Contains arguments that are intended for public or generalized audience
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Evidence
Definition
Consists of facts or conditions that are objectively observable, beliefs or statements generally accepted as true by the recipients, or conclusions previously established
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Argumentation
Definition
Is a process of making arguments intended to justify beliefs, attitudes, and values so as to influence others
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Technical Sphere
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Contains arguments that adhere to rules that are more formalized and rigorous and tend to be generated by particular groups of people, such as doctors or lawyers
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