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Podcasts offering differing points of view on related subjects

  1. Listen to these three podcasts offering differing points of view on related subjects:
    (1) Cameron Okeke supporting safe spaces on college campuses (Links to an external site.)(https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/free-expression-…)
    (2) Geoffrey Stone arguing that college campuses are stifling free speech (Links to an external site.)(https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/freedom-to-disag…) (3)Kate Manne claiming that trigger warnings play an important role (Links to an external site.) in her classes (https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/defense-trigger-…)
  1. Fill out the Toulmin Worksheet_on the three arguments for Kids These Days, and then fill out the Toulmin categories for your three working arguments.

3.Not an essay assignment, just answering questions.

Toulmin Worksheet

 

Philosopher Stephen Toulmin’s system for organizing a logical argument in a dialogic way has six parts: claim, evidence, warrant, backing, counterargument, and rebuttal. The warrant relies on an enthymeme, which is an underlying assumptionthe speaker makes about the audience. When used well, enthymemes are the connective tissue of persuasion.

 

As a class, we will listen to three short arguments on a related topic. For each line of argument, write a sentence for each of Toulmin’s categories. Pay close attention to the “warrant” and “backing” sections, imagining the assumptions this rhetormust make about the audience’s understanding of the issue in order for the argument to be effective.

 

 

Argument 1:

 

Claim:

Evidence:

Warrant:

Backing:

Counterargument:

Rebuttal:

 

 

Argument 2:

 

Claim:

Evidence:

Warrant:

Backing:

Counterargument:

Rebuttal:

 

 

Argument 3:

 

Claim:

Evidence:

Warrant:

Backing:

Counterargument:

Rebuttal: