Terminology:
Common topics--under inventions
Common Topics--conjecture, greater/lesser (degree), what's possible, set of questions that we can ask and answer in order to begin generating arguments on any topic/in any situation (this is what makes it "common"); special (meaning "specific") topics, make sense in certain topics and fields; questions of conjecture, degree (greater/lesser), possibility,
1) Whether a thing has or has not occurred or will or will not occur: what exists? what doesn't exist? how were things in the past? how will things be in the future? no sort of objective statement;
2) Whether a thing is greater or smaller than another thing: lesser/greater degree; goodness, justness, honor, expediency (insert key terms); what is the most expedient? what is the most just?
3) What is and is not possible: (present/future) what is possible? (present/future) what can we expect to happen? (past) what is impossible?
Trying to generate as many arguments as possible in the specific context.
Common Places:
Ideology! Shape how you see the world! Cannot get rid of...helps the persons interpret...
beliefs, attitudes, values, ways of thinking/viewing the world that define a group
Communism, capitalism, feminism, environmentalism, conservatism/liberalism
protecting/preserving families; strengthening communities; think of them as political bumper stickers (plastered all over your car, commonplaces that help to create your ideology)
Statements that circulate in ideologies
Look at his blog...it has links to what we discussed in class...
p. 135
read back through the chapter, think about McC argument...
No comments:
Post a Comment