MODR 1711 Lecture 7: 28 October 2015
5 Nov 2015
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Arguments that we encounter in the real world have two features that distinguish them from the easy examples that we have addressed so far in the text. This requires putting the arguments into our own words and abbreviating them. We will learn how to distill arguments into their most important parts. Secondly, arguments in the real world are much more complex and consist of points and counter-points. We will learn how to diagram these complex arguments. In distilling an argument essentially we are providing a summary of a longer argument by identifying the most important points and putting these into our own words. When we have two authors speaking on the same topic or responding to one another it is useful to diagram which of their claims are incompatible with one another. This is because there will often be certain facts or beliefs that both authors share.
