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Everything is an Argument

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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EVERYTHING IS AN ARGUMENT

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WE MAKE ARGUMENTS TO

  • Convince
  • Persuade
  • Inform
  • Explore
  • Make decisions
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OCCASIONS FOR ARGUMENT

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ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE PAST

A/K/A FORENSIC
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WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST?

  • Court decisions
  • Legal briefs
  • Investigative reports
  • Academic studies
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FORENSIC ARGUMENTS USE:

  • Evidence
  • Testimony
  • Re-creations
  • Precedents
  • Analysis of cause & effect
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ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE FUTURE

A/K/A DELIBERATIVE
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WHAT SHOULD BE DONE IN THE FUTURE?

  • Proposals
  • Bills
  • Regulations
  • Mandates
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SPECULATIVE

PROJECTIONS & REASONED GUESSES
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ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE PRESENT

A/K/A EPIDEICTIC
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WHO/WHAT DESERVES PRAISE OR BLAME?

  • Eulogies
  • Graduation speeches
  • Inaugural addresses
  • Roasts
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CONTEMPORARY VALUES

WIDELY HELD BELIEFS & ASSUMPTIONS DEBATED BY SOCIETY
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KINDS OF ARGUMENT

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STASIS THEORY

WHAT KIND OF ISSUE Is BEING ADDRESSED?
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QUESTIONS POSED IN SEQUENCE

  • Did something happen?
  • What is its nature?
  • What is its quality or cause?
  • What actions should be taken?
  • These determine the point of contention.
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ARGUMENTS OF FACT

A STATEMENT THAT CAN BE (DIS)PROVED WITH EVIDENCE/TESTIMONY
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CLIMATE CHANGE

IS THREATENING SPECIES IN ALL REGIONS.
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ARGUMENTS OF DEFINITION

WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE THING?
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IS A BAD ROLE MODEL.

LINDSEY LOHAN
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ARGUMENTS OF EVALUATION

PRESENT CRITERIA & THEN MEASURE SUBJECT AGAINST THOSE STANDARDs
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THE BEST ALBUM OF 2013.

ARCTIC MONKEYS' "A.M." WAS
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PROPOSAL ARGUMENTS

PRESENT ISSUE SO VIVIDLY READERS ASK "WHAT CAN WE DO?"
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THE LEGAL DRINKING AGE

SHOULD BE LOWERED TO 18.
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THERE'S A KIND OF ARGUMENT FOR EVERY OCCASION.

AND THERE'S A RHETORICAL SITUATION FOR EVERY ARGUMENT...
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