What is

Argumentation?
Why is it useful in my life?
Ms. Amity M. Yap-Atienza
Agree or
Disagree
and of course, tell us why
 BF-GF cheating must
have the same
punishment with
husband-wife infidelity.
 There should be no
traditional testing in the
online distance learning
set-up.
Bongbong Marcos should
first recognize the
deaths and violence
throughout the Martial
Law period before
asking the Filipinos to
move on.
 Pres. Duterte must be
held responsible for the
victims of the War on
Drugs.
Social media has done
more harmful things
than good ones.
What is an argument?
An argument is a collection of
statements or propositions,
some of which are intended
to provide support or
evidence in favor of one of
the others.
(Klement, 2001)
https://people.umass.edu/klement/100/index.html
Anatomy of an Argument

why
example
so what
example
There should be no traditional testing
in online distance learning
knowledge testing is not educ's
main goal and resources could not
accommodate it
online cheating, no learning
defeats the purpose of education
how many drop outs since the pandemic
started because of mismanaged educ
 Logical
Fallacies
Exercise is good,

therefore

everybody should

exercise.
Dicto Simpliciter
unqualified

generalization due

to lack of

consideration of

other propositions
 You can’t speak

French. I can’t speak

French. I must

therefore conclude that

nobody at the

University can speak

French.
 Hasty
Generalization
false conclusions

from insignificant

sample size
If God can do anything,

can He make a stone

so heavy that He

won’t be able to lift

it?
 Contradictory
Premises
negating premises

that no argument is

formed
Students should be allowed to look

at their textbooks during

examinations. After all, surgeons

have X-rays to guide them during

the operation; lawyers have briefs

to guide them during a trial. Why

then shouldn’t students be allowed

to look at their textbooks during

exams?
 False Analogy
using examples

that seem related

but have different

degrees of

variations
Let’s not take Bill on our picnic.

Every time we take him out with

us, it rains.
 Post Hoc
false cause;

includes

superstitious

beliefs
A man applies for a job. When the

boss asks him what his qualifications

are, he replies that he has a wife

and six children at home, the wife

is a helpless cripple, the children

have nothing to eat, no clothes to

wear, no shoes on their feet, there

are no beds in the house, no coal

in the cellar, and winter is coming.

Ad Misericordiam
appeal to

sympathy
If Madame Curie had not happened

to leave a photographic plate in a

drawer with a chunk of pitchblende,

the world today would not know

about radium.
 Hypothesis
Contrary to Fact
Offering a poorly

supported claim about

what might have

happened in the past or

future, if (the hypothetical

part) circumstances or

conditions were different

Two men are having a debate. The

first one gets up and says, “My

opponent is a notorious liar. You

can’t believe a word he says.”

Poisoning the Well
attacking the

person even before

an argument is

placed
Asian
Parliamentary
Debate
Mechanics
How to debate Government vs. Opposition

Prime Minister vs. Leader of Opposition

Deputy PM vs. Deputy LO

Government Whip vs. Opposition Whip

Reply
Motion- the statement we
are debating about
This house believes that Facebook does
more harm than good to the young
THW implement curfew during the
pandemic
 British
Parliamentary
4 teams
Oregon
Oxford
2 teams
 How will
debating help
me?
How has debating helped me?
- humbles me
- opens my mind to other people's ideas
- strengthens my stand or corrects my view
- makes me more fluent
- trains me to think quickly
- instills social awareness in me
- helps me build decision-making skills
- makes me more employable (and desirable :p)
Remember!
Argue with the person's idea, not with the person.
Engaging is not trash-talking.
There will ALWAYS be better ways of saying things.
Not everything should be debated.
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you
have chosen the side of the oppressor."
- Desmond Tutu
TALK IS
CHEAP;
DEBATE.