od and Truthhave receded
could be taken as one of the sources of authority open to be. hjallenged or questioned
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This is a key point: failure, at least as a possibility, is a condition ofargumen
failure of one or more sides is absolutely crucial to an argument. without it the argument serves no purpose, key idea in the paper
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connection between smoking and cancer, that acid rain is harmless, that there isno ozone layer hole, that DDT is good and Rachel Carson bad, and that globalwarming is not occurring, or, if it is occurring, is the result of natural cycles andnot of preventable human activity.
use of logos and assertion to persuade, the art of convincing without argument, using the malleability of some minds
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do you have the guts to defy my apparent command in the hope of improvingyour lot”
KEY INTERPRETATION OF MILTON
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John Milton’s
paradise lost!
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forsake language
reminds me of the first article from rwd1
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Orwell’s
animal farm!
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Francis Bacon,
name drop
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Argument could befinal in its effect only if it were rooted in an objective ground that narrowed thearea of doubt, present and future, to nothing
never ending unless there is complet certainty
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hetorically achievedauthority inferior to the “real thing,” to an authority established by anindependent, nonrhetorical measure, an authority we might call “natural” asopposed to confected? Or are all authorities manufactured rather than found,which would mean that all authorities, even those that present themselves asundoubted and self-evident, are rhetorical constructions and therefore vulnerableto challenge
facilitator, or upper hand does not exist?
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art of persuasio
definition of argumnet, shows it has depth, and skill
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here are nogeneral strategies for conducting an argument because the specific somethingarguments are always about will always be embedded in a social or institutionalsetting in relation to which some, but not all, strategies will be relevant and, atleast potentially, effective
each argument is unique
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ou cannot manageargumen
out of your control
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You can neither avoid argument when it is offered toyou nor extricate yourself from it on your terms.
the argument is in control, not the two sides
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You can’t just engage inargument in the abstract
first step of argument, msut have purpose
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argument is everywhere, argument is unavoidable,argument is interminable, argument is all we have
**clearly he thinks this is important
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Reality with a capital R
direct reference to Rorty
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Conflict, not agreement, is the default condition of mortality
philosophical statement behind the practice of arguing
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perspective
initiates arguments
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clash of opposing views
his own defintion of argument, essentially prefaces the whole article
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I am making anargument about argument and its relationship to the human condition
stated purpose
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how do you knowwhich of the things you might say will win you points in the game, and whichwill mark you as a nonserious player?
research questions of sorts aimed to be answered
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this book tries to do is explain how argument works indifferent contexts
states goal
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