Friday, April 22, 2011
Reasoning by Criteria
Among all of the types of reasonings, I was having a hard time trying to comprehend the concept of Reasoning of Criteria. I think that the main reason for my confusion is that I do not have a concrete idea of what criteria actually is. When doing research on this concept, I made sure to look up the definition of the word "criteria", according to dictionary.com Criteria is "a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something. " Although I had the definition, I still did not understand the concept so I looked up the synonyms for it and came up with: standard, measure, basis. In my opinion, the concept of Reasoning by Criteria is making an argument based on established information, or maybe something simple like a fact. Having facts, these types of arguments are reasonable and valid which end up not being much of an argument anyway.
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I found the link to be clear as Reasoning by Criteria pretty much helps an argument by sounding less harsh by finding a criteria that can then follow up with a question or light suggestion in order to keep an argument from creating tension or doing wrong in an argument. What pretty much summed up the definition is the examples that the article has used because all the examples in the "Not This" section sounded really blunt and straight forward, which can easily make one disagree, as the "Say This" section is more open to discussion and keeps a healthier argument.
ReplyDeleteI also found it a little difficult when it came to clarifying the differences between the different types of reasoning. And I, too, thought that the concept of reasoning by criteria was the most difficult to understand. I really had no sense of what classifies as or what could be considered criteria. I appreciate that you took the time to look up and define the word “criteria” as it is what determines this type of reasoning. You clarified that reasoning by criteria is making an argument based on established information, but I think I am still confused because it seems a bit similar to reasoning by example.
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