WRIT 107B Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Validity, Inductive Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning
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Argument = war (attack, defend position) / argument = dance often missing: research, consideration of multiple vantage points, and, quite often, basic logic visual of the attempt to offer many sides of an argument. Activity: thinking outside the text pro and con arguments shallow if get rid of: possibility that you might change your mind, learn something new, or solve a problem. Activity: finding middle ground logical, rational, emotional, fruitful, useful, and even enjoyable. What can we learn from models of argumentation? revealing the mystery factor and naming the qualities of a logical, ethical argument. Deductive reasoning - a generalization about a large class of ideas, people, etc. and moves to a specific conclusion about a smaller category of ideas or things. Inductive reasoning starts with a particular or local statement and moves to a more general conclusion. Logos: using logic as proof for an argument. For many students this takes the form of numerical evidence.
