COMM 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: False Dilemma, Soundness, Stephen Toulmin
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Whenever we publicly take a position and argue it with facts, observations, and other supporting evidence, we are engaging in the reasoning process. This model helps to diagram or map key portions of an argument. The conclusion or generalization supported in an argument. The facts, information or evidence used to support the claim. The explanation, justification, or underlying assumption that connects the grounds and the claim. Criticizing the source rather than the issue. Arguing that that"s the ways it"s always been .
