PPT-Reading and Evaluating Arguments

The critical reader must be able to evaluate arguments When you evaluate an argument a set of claims you determine its value or persuasiveness To be able to do a good job evaluating arguments you need to know what an argument is and how an argument is put together . All arguments involve the claim that one or more propositions the premise provide some grounds for accepting another proposition the conclusion Philosophers have sorted arguments into two broad categories induction and deduction based on the natur by Paul E. Briggs Evaluating the wool or fleece on the live animal is very difficult for many people. Most of us are used to looking at shorn fleeces with the flesh side out, compared to the weathere ?. Common Arguments. Debate Preview?. Allen . Hainline. Reasonable Faith UTD. September 26, 2013. www.OriginsDiscussion.info. Let’s go out to eat with ASH after the debate. Outline. More Fine-Tuning discussion. First Steps towards. an Identification Procedure. November 10, 2010. Douglas Walton Distinguished Research Fellow . CRRAR. Helping Informal Logic Students. It would be helpful to have a more systematic procedure that can be used to help students of informal logic identify arguments of the kind they encounter in natural language texts.. Validity and Soundness. The Form Content Distinction. Some students are athletes.. Some athletes are political.. Some students are political.. 1. Some young adults are in high school.. Some high school students are in the 10. Adam Crymble. Plan for Today. Background . lecture. Discussion of experience with digital archives. Workshop: evaluating a historical website. Time to start drafting blog post. Terminology. Archive. Evaluating Sources. . WITNESSING. AND . EVANGELISM. Lesson 12 for June 23, 2012.  . The . Bible shows that we must evaluate (examine) ourselves, the Church members and the Church itself. Why is this evaluation necessary. . . Direct Realism . It is the pre-philosophical view : it is “common sense”. 2. Language implies that we perceive objects in the external physical world. . “I can see my friends, I can hear the traffic, I can taste the chicken, I can feel the wind in my face, and smell the exhaust fumes – I know I am in London”. View as slide show. Adapted from AdPrin.com. A two-sided ad: effective?. “At first you think it is the homeliest thing you ever saw. But pretty soon you get to love her shape. And after awhile, no other car looks right.. . Structuring arguments. Defines which parts go where. Logical arguments described as:. Inductive reasoning. Deductive reasoning:. Inductive reasoning. . Process of generalizing on the basis of a number of specific examples. Revisiting the . Toulmin. Model and its Greek Predecessors. The Core Concepts. To detect errors in argumentation…. Ask probing questions that politely but relentlessly demand…. . Logical Consistency. Overview. What is science?. Science vs. pseudoscience. Scientific . method and . critique. How do we generate research ideas?. Ideas from theory. Ideas from other sources. How do we evaluate research ideas?. reason. Arguments based on . observation. What are you most struggling with. ?. Write any . questions. on your post it note.. Group Quiz…. Round one: Teleological arguments. What is “Teleological argument”?. Induction vs Deduction. Fogelin. and . Sinnott. -Armstrong describe the difference between induction and deduction as follows:. Deductive arguments are intended to be valid. Inductive arguments are not intended to be valid but still to provide a reason for the conclusion.