PHIL 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Co-Premise
6 Jul 2017
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Argument evaluation is easiest on reconstructed arguments, arguments in standard form. Most arguments we encounter do not come to us in standard form. so, reconstruct for evaluation. The key principle of argument reconstruction is the principle of charity. ". When reconstructing and augment, try to make the argument as strong as possible. why follow this? because of: clarity the fact that some arguments have multiple implicit premises. Argument reconstruction is performed on a piece of argumentative writing, or a passage that actually contains some arguments. It can be di cult to determine whether a given passage contains an argument. Argumentative writing is easily confused with two other kinds of writing that do not contain arguments: Descriptive writing: author merely describes an event or situation. Rhetorical writing: author simply asserts his or her views, perhaps forcefully or emotionally. can contain any of these one elements and argumentative writing.
