1). Discuss one concept in Chapter 8 that you found useful. Please explain the concept and give a personal example or personal story.
For this discussion question I will be discussing "General Claims and Their Contradictories." This concept displays words such as "All", "Some", "No", and "Only" and then it states its contradictories. Additionally, I have learned that using "All", "Some", and "Only" gives a valid argument but the argument is weak. For example, I remember I was having a conversation with my coworker at work and we were talking about cuisines from different countries. My coworker and I stumbled upon a discussion about Chinese food which led to Panda Express. I told him that "All" Asians know that Panda Express is not real Chinese food. The claim I was making was that "All Asians" know yet is it a true claim. The "All" I used made the claim weak even though the claim is valid its a weak claim. I could have used another term like "Most" because it doesn't have a guarantee attached to it that every Asian person suppose to know that Panda Express is not real Chinese food instead it states most Asian knows.
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Hey I really liked your post it is very informative I personally like your example. I also think that the word “all” is very hard to use because in this planet it can be very hard to believe that an assumption can be made, especially when trying to include a population or race into a conversation. I had not given it much thought to the idea that people like using all when trying to point out the obvious such that panda is not Chinese. Most people use all when trying made generalization that what they are speaking of is a well-known fact.
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