WRT 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5-6: Ad Hominem, Begging, Slippery Slope

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Writing
• Course: WRT 102
• Professor: roger Thompson

Document Summary

Visible surface of argument always dressed in best clothes b/c person presenting argument encourage you to make argument your own. Belief o critical thinkers autonomy, curiosity, reasonableness; open to multiple pov, asses perspectives w/ reason and makes decision on what to believe with those assessments. Assumptions : hiddn/understated, taken for granted, influential in determining conclusion, potentially deceptive. 2 places to look for assumptions: assumptions needed for the reasons to support conclusions, ones necessary for reason to be true. Value conflicts differing values stem from diff frames of reference. Value assumptions- taken for granted belief about relative desirability of certain competing values: direct reasoning, revers role play, beliefes of how world should be. Beliefs often unstated or assumed readers usually miss them. Common tricks; fallacy reasoning trick: provide reason that requires erroneous or incorrect assumptions, distracting readers, provide support for conclusion that depends on conclusion. Ad hominem attack the messenger instead of addressing message.