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Question 1: Briefly state how the text defines “claim.”
Your Answer:
In the text the word "claim" is a statement per say that the maker of the argument is
seeking to justify and show to be deemed as true. The argument's claim is also known as the
argument's conclusion.
Question 2: Reread the section in the text entitled “Two Confusions to Avoid” in Chapter 5.
From what you read there, construct a definition of the term “argument” that includes
both what the term is, in the context of this chapter, and what it is not.
Your Answer:
With the context of the chapter, the term "argument" is two or more claims and having
evidence to support said claims and to persuade the other side to support your way of thinking.
With this an argument is respectful, reasonable, and constructive in context of the chapter. This
of course is uncommon of what people think an argument actually is. An argument is said in the
chapter as it not being a quarrel, so it is not overly emotional or disrespectful to others.
Question 3: What questions does the text suggest we ask to distinguish conclusions and
reasons?
Your Answer:
In the text it suggests several questions that we may ask to distinguish between that of
conclusions and reasons. The first is "what is the conclusion that the speaker is trying to
establish?" A question we may ask instead is "what is the decision that the speaker is trying to
explain or to justify to us?" Another is the question of "what considerations does the speaker
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Question 1: Briefly state how the text defines “claim.”
Your Answer:
In the text the word "claim" is a statement per say that the maker of the argument is
seeking to justify and show to be deemed as true. The argument's claim is also known as the
argument's conclusion.
Question 2: Reread the section in the text entitled “Two Confusions to Avoid” in Chapter 5.
From what you read there, construct a definition of the term “argument” that includes
both what the term is, in the context of this chapter, and what it is not.
Your Answer:
With the context of the chapter, the term "argument" is two or more claims and having
evidence to support said claims and to persuade the other side to support your way of thinking.
With this an argument is respectful, reasonable, and constructive in context of the chapter. This
of course is uncommon of what people think an argument actually is. An argument is said in the
chapter as it not being a quarrel, so it is not overly emotional or disrespectful to others.
Question 3: What questions does the text suggest we ask to distinguish conclusions and
reasons?
Your Answer:
In the text it suggests several questions that we may ask to distinguish between that of
conclusions and reasons. The first is "what is the conclusion that the speaker is trying to
establish?" A question we may ask instead is "what is the decision that the speaker is trying to
explain or to justify to us?" Another is the question of "what considerations does the speaker
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