Chapter 2 Flashcards
encourages change in belief or behavior
“offense”
challenge the status quo
carriers burden of proof
advocate(affirmative)9
a social or professional context in which people argue to make decisions or build a body of knowledge
field of argumentation
discourages change advocate supports
“defense”
supported by presumption
opponent(negative)
obligations of the advocate to contest the grounded by offering argumentation
Burden of Proof
“at first sight”
an argument sufficient to cause an audience to suspend reliance on presumption
Prima Facie Case
definition and terminology a field jargon that may be incomprehensible to anyone outside the field
field dependency
basic mental structure of human reasoning and the test we apply to determine the quality of info used to prove arguments do not typically change as we move from field to field
field invariance