Table Discussion

ARGUMENT

• effort to justify a specific outcome
• made up of premises and conclusions
• premises - statements, reasons, evidence
• conclusions - the end point

Argument types

• deductive - logical premises
• Inductive - facts, observations
• Abductive - best conclusion available
• Analogy - comparing to another

OUTLINE

• Understand the positions
• What you believe
• Set of Premises
• Conclusion
• Valid?

Hidden Premise

So, taking your previous argument, create a set of premises (is there a hidden one?), select your evidence, organize the evidence (argument type), counterarguments?, conclusion.

SOCRATIVE