In chapter 8, I find that general claims and their contradictories are interesting. General claims are how we assert something about all or part of a collection. Claims usually starts with the words like: all, some, some are not, and no. With general claims, contradictory claims also tags along. Contradictory words are: some are not, not every, not even one, all are not and more. It’s easy to make general claims, but a bit hard to contradict. There are many ways to say a general claim and there are also many ways to contradict the claims. So today in my Asian American Studies class, we’ve talked about the role of women. Some say “all women are to stay home cook, clean, and watch the kids”. One student contradicted the claim and said, “Not every women are housewives”. Also, in this chapter, I find that drawing diagrams can help us decide if an argument is valid.
Good job summarizing chapter 8. General claims are easy to spot by just looking at the first word and see if its a numerical adjective. Also, I agree with you on the diagrams. It totally helps us create a picture and see how claims relate to one another and see whether if it connects or not from one claim to another. We see through the circles whether the claims connect to one another and have a better idea how strong or weak the claim is. Very helpful for visual learners, especially since this book can be confusing sometimes and its nice to have an aid to help us have a better understanding.
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