3). Pick one concept from either text, not already discussed, that you found useful or interesting and discuss it. Use either Chapter 6 or Chapter 7.
I will be discussing from chapter 6 "contradictory of a claim" for example,
the claim: Heather's cat slept on top of my car.
contradictory: Heather's cat did not sleep on top of my car.
Analysis: The two claims on the top show clear contradictory. Contradictory claims are claims that is opposite of what the spoken claim is. So like the example the claim was "...cat slept on my car.." the contradictory claim will include not because its opposite. stating, "...cat did not sleep on my car.."
Now, we'll be discussing "contradictory of an 'or' claim" for example,
the claim: Sarah will put on her sweater, or Sarah won't go out tonight.
contradictory: Sarah will not put on her sweater, and Sarah will go out tonight.
Analysis: In order to make an "or" claim to be contradictory we have to put an "not" in the first part of the statement then replace "or" with "and" then change the "not" in the second part of the statement to a can type of statement.
Finally, "contradictory of an and claim" for example,
claim: Fred could eat 12 hot dogs in five minutes, but Mindy couldn't.
contradictory: Fred can't eat 12 hot dogs in five minutes, or Mindy can eat 12 hot dogs in five minutes.
Analysis: For these types of claims we have to change the "and" type of claims to "or" types of claims. Also since its a contradictory type of claim there must be a "not" in the beginning. Additionally, once we change the wording of the claim it changes the overall meaning of the sentence. But that is overall how you change from single claims to compound claims.
Alright, thank you everyone for reading! :]
Hello ellacomm!
ReplyDeleteI really like reading your post on "contradictory of a claim." I remember looking over this topic in our 'Critical Thinking' book and it was kind of a tough topic to grasp. Well, the contradictory of an OR claim was what was hard for me. For some reason, I did not think the concept was as simple as using the opposite of the spoken claim. However, once I stopped thinking about it so much and just accepted that it was a easy as thinking of the claims opposite, then it was easy for me. Your examples are also very well thought out and I found them very interesting.
Well anyways, keep up the good work and good job!
Hey ellacomm, I initially thought that the whole chapter of contradictory claims was fairly easy, but your breakdown made it much simpler. I appreciate how you broke down each type of contradictory claim (general, "or" claim, and an "and" claim)into separate definitions and gave detailed examples for each. This made it really easy to understand everything you were explaining about the chapter. For example , you stated that in order to change an "or" claim you could change the word "or" into "and", thus changing up the sentence and making it seem contradictory. So far, I've been liking your posts because they're detailed but simple. keep it up!
ReplyDeleteHey ellacomm! Your blog based on chapter 6’s contradictory of a claim, was really direct and easy to follow. Your breakdown of the contradictions of claims made the concept east to understand. Like Kalem, I also had a problem with the contradictory of an “or” claim initially. Your description really made it clear and helped me understand how to use them simply by taking the negative of the statement to make it contradictory. The definitions were spot on and the way you broke down each section with the claim, contradiction and analysis kept it organized! Overall it was a great post!
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