Discussion Post: Standard Form Arguments
Read the following sections in Chapters 1 and 2 in your course textbook:
• What Is Critical Thinking?
• What Is Logic?
• Arguments Outside of Logic
• The Importance of Language in Logic
Summary and Resources
• Arguments in Logic
• Putting Arguments in the Standard Form
• Classifying Arguments
Summary and Resources
Watch the following videos:
Identifying Premises and Conclusions.
What Is an Argument?
What Is a Good Argument? (Part I)
What Is a Good Argument?: The Logic Condition.
Begin by choosing a paper topic from your own field of study or future career (or, if you prefer, you may select one from the Final Paper Topics List download). You may want to refer to the Narrowing a Topic and Developing a Research Question from the Writing Center for support. When choosing a topic, pick a controversial question that meets the following criteria:
It is an interesting question related to your field of study or your future career.
There are scholarly sources that answer the question on each side (you may need to do a little advance research to verify this).
You will use this topic through the rest of this course for the Creating a Sound Argument Workshop assignment, the Scholarly Arguments on Both Sides assignment, and the Fair-Minded Reasoning final paper (though there is no penalty for changing your topic, should you feel the need to do so).
The response should include a reference list. Using one-inch margins, Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space and APA style of writing and citations.