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Writing a Paper: Key Recommendations and Strategies

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This lecture provides essential recommendations for writing a paper effectively. The instructor emphasizes the importance of selecting a relevant topic within the course scope and reading the suggested bibliography. A case study should be chosen to support the argument, and building a comprehensive bibliography is crucial. The lecture outlines ten key recommendations, including the necessity of a minimum of three texts for the bibliography and the importance of taking notes while reading. The instructor advises that the introduction should clearly present the topic and case study, followed by a historical context and a detailed description of the case study. Arguments can be advanced only after thorough description. The conclusion is highlighted as a critical section where specific and bold arguments should be made. The instructor also stresses the significance of well-structured chapters and titles, as well as rigorous citation practices, including the use of footnotes formatted according to the Chicago Manual of Style. Overall, the lecture serves as a comprehensive guide for students on how to approach writing their papers effectively.

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Argument

An argument is a series of sentences, statements or propositions some of which are called premises and one is the conclusion. The purpose of an argument is to give reasons for one's conclusion via justification, explanation, and/or persuasion. Arguments are intended to determine or show the degree of truth or acceptability of another statement called a conclusion. Arguments can be studied from three main perspectives: the logical, the dialectical and the rhetorical perspective.

Argumentation theory

Argumentation theory, or argumentation, is the interdisciplinary study of how conclusions can be supported or undermined by premises through logical reasoning. With historical origins in logic, dialectic, and rhetoric, argumentation theory includes the arts and sciences of civil debate, dialogue, conversation, and persuasion. It studies rules of inference, logic, and procedural rules in both artificial and real-world settings. Argumentation includes various forms of dialogue such as deliberation and negotiation which are concerned with collaborative decision-making procedures.

Argumentation scheme

In argumentation theory, an argumentation scheme or argument scheme is a template that represents a common type of argument used in ordinary conversation. Many different argumentation schemes have been identified. Each one has a name (for example, argument from effect to cause) and presents a type of connection between premises and a conclusion in an argument, and this connection is expressed as a rule of inference. Argumentation schemes can include inferences based on different types of reasoning—deductive, inductive, abductive, probabilistic, etc.

Argumentation framework

In artificial intelligence and related fields, an argumentation framework is a way to deal with contentious information and draw conclusions from it using formalized arguments. In an abstract argumentation framework, entry-level information is a set of abstract arguments that, for instance, represent data or a proposition. Conflicts between arguments are represented by a binary relation on the set of arguments. In concrete terms, you represent an argumentation framework with a directed graph such that the nodes are the arguments, and the arrows represent the attack relation.

Argument map

An argument map or argument diagram is a visual representation of the structure of an argument. An argument map typically includes all the key components of the argument, traditionally called the conclusion and the premises, also called contention and reasons. Argument maps can also show co-premises, objections, counterarguments, rebuttals, and lemmas. There are different styles of argument map but they are often functionally equivalent and represent an argument's individual claims and the relationships between them.

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