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Pub. Spkg. Ch. 15
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| argumentation | The process of presenting the reasons that lead to support of a claim |
| claim | The conclusion or idea one wants the audience to accept |
| data | The evidence or support for a claim |
| deductive reasoning | An analysis process that takes a generally accepted conclusion and applies it to specific instances to demonstrate that the conclusion applies to the instance |
| evidence | Support materials such as facts, statistics or testimony |
| fact | A statement about something real that can be proven correct or not |
| fallacies | Flaws in the reasoning process |
| inductive reasoning | A process by which general conclusions are drawn through the examination of specific instances or examples |
| policy | A principle or set of procedures that serves to guide the actions of government, businesses or other organizations |
| reasoning | The logic step in the argumentation process that relates the support to the claim |
| reservations | The exceptions to a warrant in the reasoning process |
| support | The evidence used to prove a claim |
| values | Judgments about the world that cannot be verified as facts; relative judgments about what is good or bad, right or wrong, just or unjust |
| warrant | The reasoning step in the argumentation process |