SSH 105 Chapter 7: Reconstructing Arguments

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Sciences and Humanities
• Course: SSH 105
• Professor: Klaas Kraay

Document Summary

Ssh 105 (principle of charity) pc: when reconstructing an argument try to formulate a reconstruction that is well-formed, has reasonable premises, and is undefeated. In other words, make the argument as strong as possible . Descriptive writing- is writing in which the author merely describes some event or situation. Argumentative writing- the author makes attempt to establish the truth of any particular claim. For premises, the indicator words may be: implies , establishes , shows . Stating your conclusion before the premise with: follows from the fact that , is established by , is implied by , because , explicit conclusions- a conclusion that is stated directly and clearly. Implicit conclusions- neglect to contain the conclusion at all: sometimes a conlclusion is stated but in an unclear or indirect way. Specific statements- premises that state facts about specific individuals. Generalizations- premises that state facts about general categories or kinds of individuals. Universal generalizations- generalizations using the word all .