2. What are arguments?

Question 1

Are arguments like hitting people in the head?

Answer 1

No.

Question 2

Fighting is the point of arguments.

Answer 2

False.

Question 3

You can’t win an argument by just…

Answer 3

yelling at someone

Question 4

Will yelling do anything better?

Answer 4

No.

Question 5

What effect does interrupting do?

Answer 5

It wont show anything but the value of the other person’s points.

Question 6

You can’t win an argument by interrupting.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Abuse is the same as arguing.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Calling someone stupid or other names will not win the argument.

Answer 8

True.

Question 9

Complaining in an argument will only…

Answer 9

express your emotion.

Question 10

Is contradicting arguing?

Answer 10

No. Contradicting means denying, not arguing.

Question 11

Arguing is a what process?

Answer 11

Intellectual process.

Question 12

Argument are also a way to

Answer 12

Assert your views

Question 13

Monty Python’s definition of an argument is

Answer 13

“An argument is a connected series of statements [intended] to establish a definite proposition”

Question 14

What does proposition mean?

Answer 14

A assertion that expresses a judgement or opinion.

Question 15

What are arguments made out of?

Answer 15

Languages

Question 16

What are arguments according to Monty Python?

Answer 16

Arguments are trying to put statements into a different structure that reflects the order of reasoning in order to establish the order of proposition. (According to Monty Python)

Question 17

Do arguments include a conclusion?

Answer 17

Yes.

Question 18

Does an argument always establish a proposition?

Answer 18

No.

Question 19

Why doesn’t arguments always establish a proposition?

Answer 19

Because some propositions in arguments are conclusions of arguments, we already knew.

Question 20

Arguments can also be ways to understand the proposition and why proposition is true.

Answer 20

True.

Question 21

Every argument is not intended to establish a conclusion that the audience believe before.

Answer 21

True. That is because sometimes the conclusion is already both believed and established as true, and the point of the argument is only to explain WHY it is true. Hence, Monty Python is not always right.

Question 22

Every argument succeeds in giving good reasons for its conclusion.

Answer 22

False.

Question 23

The word “because” makes a sentence…

Answer 23

claim something.

Question 24

“so” indicates that

Answer 24

the first sentence is supposed to be the reason for the second sentence.

Question 25

What is the formal definition of an argument?

Answer 25

An argument is (A) a series of sentences, statements or propositions (B) where some are premises (C) and one is the conclusion (D) where the premises are intended to give a reason for the conclusion.

Question 26

What does premises mean?

Answer 26

A previous statement from which another is inferred or follows as a conclusion.