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Tier II · Verba et res

Grammar

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The parts of an argument and how to name them. Claim, reason, and evidence; premise and conclusion; the difference between a fact, an opinion, and a preference; and the first fallacies in plain dress.

Unit 1 · Claim, Reason, and Evidence

  1. What an Argument IsNot started · 7 minBegin
  2. Claim and Reason, NamedNot started · 7 minBegin
  3. Evidence Is Not the Same as a ReasonNot started · 8 minBegin
  4. What Isn't an ArgumentNot started · 7 minBegin
  5. Finding All ThreeNot started · 8 minBegin

Unit 2 · Weighing What You Are Told

  1. Seeing It Yourself, or Being ToldNot started · 7 minBegin
  2. One Example Is Not a SampleNot started · 8 minBegin
  3. Who's Telling You This?Not started · 8 minBegin
  4. When Testimony ConflictsNot started · 8 minBegin
  5. Putting It TogetherNot started · 8 minBegin

Unit 3 · Premise and Conclusion

  1. Premise and ConclusionNot started · 8 minBegin
  2. Finding the PremisesNot started · 8 minBegin
  3. Indicator WordsNot started · 7 minBegin
  4. Order Doesn't MatterNot started · 7 minBegin
  5. The Part Left UnsaidNot started · 8 minBegin
  6. Marking a Whole PassageNot started · 8 minBegin

Unit 4 · The Simple Syllogism

  1. Two Premises, One ConclusionNot started · 7 minBegin
  2. Reading a SyllogismNot started · 8 minBegin
  3. Does It Follow?Not started · 8 minBegin
  4. When It Doesn't FollowNot started · 8 minBegin
  5. Building OneNot started · 8 minBegin

Unit 5 · All, Some, None, and Most

  1. All, Some, and NoneNot started · 8 minBegin
  2. What "Some" Lets You SayNot started · 7 minBegin
  3. What "None" Rules OutNot started · 7 minBegin
  4. "Most" Is Not "All"Not started · 7 minBegin
  5. Choosing the Right WordNot started · 8 minBegin

Unit 6 · Counterexamples, Named

  1. Generalization, NamedNot started · 7 minBegin
  2. Counterexample, NamedNot started · 7 minBegin
  3. A Generalization That Held UpNot started · 8 minBegin
  4. Overclaiming, NamedNot started · 8 minBegin
  5. Testing a GeneralizationNot started · 8 minBegin

Unit 7 · Fact, Opinion, and Preference

  1. Fact and Opinion, NamedNot started · 7 minBegin
  2. Fact and PreferenceNot started · 7 minBegin
  3. What Makes a Fact CheckableNot started · 7 minBegin
  4. Opinions Can Still Have ReasonsNot started · 8 minBegin
  5. Sorting All ThreeNot started · 8 minBegin

Unit 8 · Relevance

  1. On the PointNot started · 7 minBegin
  2. Off the PointNot started · 7 minBegin
  3. The Red HerringNot started · 7 minBegin
  4. True and Relevant Are Different QuestionsNot started · 8 minBegin
  5. Weighing a Handful of ReasonsNot started · 8 minBegin

Unit 9 · Asking, Restating, and Conceding

  1. Asking a Clarifying Question, NamedNot started · 7 minBegin
  2. Restating Charitably, NamedNot started · 8 minBegin
  3. Is This a Disagreement, or a Mix-Up?Not started · 8 minBegin
  4. Conceding a PointNot started · 8 minBegin
  5. Taking TurnsNot started · 8 minBegin
  6. A Short Exchange, Marked UpNot started · 8 minBegin
  7. Saying "I Changed My Mind"Not started · 8 minBegin

Unit 10 · Six Ways an Argument Goes Wrong

  1. Name-Calling Instead of ArguingNot started · 7 minBegin
  2. Everybody Thinks SoNot started · 7 minBegin
  3. The ScarecrowNot started · 8 minBegin
  4. Threatening Instead of ArguingNot started · 7 minBegin
  5. Feeling Sorry Instead of AnsweringNot started · 8 minBegin
  6. Nobody's Proved Me WrongNot started · 8 minBegin
  7. Spotting All SixNot started · 8 minBegin

Unit 11 · This Is to That

  1. This Is to ThatNot started · 7 minBegin
  2. Naming the LinkNot started · 7 minBegin
  3. Four Kinds of LinkNot started · 8 minBegin
  4. When the Link BreaksNot started · 7 minBegin

Unit 12 · Pictures in Words

  1. The SimileNot started · 7 minBegin
  2. The MetaphorNot started · 7 minBegin
  3. When Things Act Like PeopleNot started · 6 minBegin

Unit 13 · Accounts and Sayings

  1. Telling What HappenedNot started · 7 minBegin
  2. The Detail That MattersNot started · 7 minBegin
  3. A Saying With a Name on ItNot started · 7 minBegin
  4. An Old Saying, Shown TrueNot started · 7 minBegin
  5. Smoothing the TellingNot started · 8 minBegin