Political Science 3207F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: George Lakoff, Falsifiability, Rational Agent
10 Jul 2019
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Lecture 2: feminisms and representations of sex and. Read art of argumentation and understand how to construct an argument. Can this simply fix the problem or does more need to be done. Gender reform feminism: gender balance; equal number of men and women in society. Challenges how society defines masculine and feminine - more than. Gender resistance feminism: calls for critiques of values just institutional solutions. Argument: art of influencing others, through medium of reasoned discourse, to believe or act as we wish them to believe or act. Objective of argument: persuade your reader to adopt your point of view. Main elements: good argument has 3 main parts. Tells reader why your making this claim. Comes after the "because" part (+) falsifiability. Gender disparities are built into society and stem into social/economic conditions. The "f" word: framing candidates and representations of female candidates. How candidates are perceived by voters is most often reliant on how they are depicted by media.
