Conclusion Types

Question 1

An evaluative statement (qualitative, fair, unfair, moral, immoral)

Action X is unethical

Answer 1

Value Judgment

Question 2

Conditional prediction, recommendation or assertion

If X is true, then so is Y

If you are an M, you should do N

Answer 2

If/then

Question 3

X will or will not happen in the future

Answer 3

Prediction

Question 4

X is taller/ shorter/ more common/ less common/etc. than Y

Answer 4

Comparison

Question 5

X is true or X is false

Answer 5

Assertion of fact

Question 6

Plan, proposal, policy or solution

We should or should not do X

Answer 6

Recommendation

Question 7

When one thing (event, action, phenomenon) directly affects another, it causes a causal relationship

Ex: Last night I took cough medicine and today I feel much better. So that cough medicine is really effective.

Answer 7

Causation

Question 8

When an argument or assigns a certain subjective attribute to something

Ex: The flower is beautiful
The policy is helpful
The outcome will be important

Answer 8

Assessments

Question 9

Plain claims that the arguer believes to be true and that aren’t comparisons, assessments, recommendations or predictions

Ex: It’s clear the student cheated on the test

Answer 9

Simple beliefs