Reasoning by Analogy:
Reasoning by analogy is a way to compare two things that are similar to each other. An example of this type of reasoning would be, “Blair’s language is like that of a sailor!” Comparing Blair’s cursing with a sailor is a way to say that her language isn’t acceptable, without having to say that in all those words.
Sign Reasoning:
Sign reasoning in arguments is used with evidence or with an implied explanation. For example if Blair were to say, “In high school, there are no classes held on Saturday and Sunday.” There is evidence that this is true. You can go to a high school and you will see no student rushing from class to class, there is a sign there is no class held on these days.
Casual Reasoning:
With casual reasoning the use of cause and effects base the argument. By using causal reasoning one event relates to another event. An example of this would be if Blair studies for hours for her COMM midterm, she will pass it. It is assumed that if you study, you will pass. This is not always a valid argument, but it usually holds true.
Reasoning by Criteria:
Reasoning by criteria is a way of judging a situation by the circumstance. An example of reasoning by criteria would be, “Blair stopped at the stop sign,” because the law is to stop at a stop sign, every time.
Reasoning by example:
Reasoning by example is creating an argument based on an example you could use from passed events.
For example, “Don’t go to Disney Land, the lines are too long and everything is so expensive.” This person is saying that there are negative outcome from going to Disney Land, so it would be best not to go.
Inductive:
Results from specific observations.
Deductive:
Not such specific observations.
Great job on explaining the meaning of the different types of reasoning. I agree with out professor that is is definitely easier to understand what we are learning about after you try to explain it yourself. As for your inductive and deductive examples, I came up with "80% of girls like the color pink. Brenda is a girl. That means Brenda most likely likes the color pink.” As you can see, I came up with a conclusion from a specific observation. For my deductive example, I came up with, “No fish can survive without water. My pet is a fish. My pet cannot survive without water.” As you can seem inductive and deductive can sometimes be similar as we are still looking at observations. Good job!
ReplyDeleteGood explanations on the different types of reasonings. I like how each explanation was not too long or too short and still made it very clear. I liked how you not only explained each type of reasoning but also gave an example for most. I really liked your example for Reasoning by Analogy, “Blair’s language is like that of a sailor!” Although it is very short and precise, it is a great example of an analogy. A sailors language is commonly known to be full of cursing, so we can quickly assume what Blair’s language is like. Thanks for this example!
ReplyDeleteHey Lindsey Town! Great job on your posts this week! I really like how you gave a simple definition for each reasoning and then followed the explanation with an example. I really liked your examples of sign reasoning and casual reasoning. Before reading your post I was still having a hard time understanding those two topics. The high school example for sign reasoning really helped me fully understand the topic. Also, the example on studying for the topic of casual reasoning really helped me fully understand that topic too! Then of course on the other example of reasoning you also give a great job of explaining those too with good examples! Over all, Awesome job!
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