ENGL 1101 Lecture 1: Logos Notes

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17 Jan 2019
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It"s much easier to objectively assess and compare hard evidence: we like to think we are rational, experimental data can be tested and verified by others, fact-based claims can be checked against records. When/how can it be less useful than ethos: when its not based on facts, how are writing consideration different when you are basing your arguments on logos rather than other types of arguments. Hard evidence: facts: the strongest and most effective evidence. Intellectual discourse depends on the ability to agree on facts and a process for establishing and recording them. It is critical to know/assess your source before accepting them as credible authorities on fact: powerful. Numbers allow for potentially unbiased comparisons of data for human or computer minds to analyze: there are 3 kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Statistics can be faked, taken selectively, and/or out of context, and otherwise used incorrectly or maliciously.

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