Ch 1-2 Flashcards
Advocacy
The activity of promoting or opposing an idea in public settings
Argumentation
The cooperative activity of developing and advancing arguments and of responding to the arguments of others
Three reasons for argumentation
Justify persuade and discover
Audience
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Pluralistic culture
Society composed of groups who see the world from different perspectives, value different activities, hold disparate religious beliefs, and aspire to different goals
Power
The capacity to wield influence, to shape important decisions that affect the lives of others
Procedures
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Public discourse
Open discussion of those issues that potentially affect everyone
Values
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Goals of studying argument?
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How does argument involve agreement?
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Proposition of fact
Statements that report, describe, predict, or make casual claims
Proposition of value
Statements that advance judgment about morality, beauty, merit, or wisdom
Proposition of policy
Statements that urge an action be taken or discontinued
Claim
Statement that advocate believes or is in the process of evaluating
Reason
Statement advanced for the purpose of establishing a claim
Conclusion
Claim that has been reached by the process of reasoning
Inference
The rational movement from a particular reason to a particular conclusion;Or a conclusion drawn on the basis of reasons
Connectives
Reasons that consist of beliefs, values, assumptions, or generalization that link evidence to a conclusion
Criteria of evaluation
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Evidence
Reason rooted it observation, can usually be shown to be false and some definite or demonstrable way
Indicators
Words and phrases, such as “because” and “therefore” that provide important clues about the reasons and conclusion in an argument.
Cues
Words or phrases that signal something, other than a reason or conclusion, about the content of an argument
