Thursday, 6 September 2012

WEEK 2: THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF ARGUMENT

What is argument?

Well argument is not an argue but it is claim secured with explanation that is collected by a set of statement with one or more statement known as premises that supports another statement which is conclusion. It is a series of statement that have intention to persuade someone on something.

Meanwhile, in CT argument means an act of presenting reason to support individuals position or point of view. On the other hand, Bassham's definition of argument is claim that is defended with reasons that is called conclusion and intended to be supported by the others called premises. 

What is non argument?

Non argument is a description, explanation, summaries or command that have no intention to persuade us about something.

Premises / Proposition

Premises or proposition is a statement that must be present for the collection of statement to be an argument. It is also a statement that is directly supports the conclusion.

  • Raw Material (arguments + extraneous material): mix of messages that we are receiving from others
  • Reconstruction: the process of finding the arguments and then dissecting the arguments into their various parts *looks for indicator words*
  • Example:

Implicit Argument:

Implicit argument is divide by two which is:
  1. Implicit Conclusion: when the conclusion is not stated outright and the arguer assume that you will  know it.
  2. Implicit Premises: when the premises is not stated outright and the arguer assume that you will know it.
Example:



Mcdonalds assume that everyone knows what the meaning of "im lovin it"





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