Wednesday, November 10, 2010
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A form of reasoning that was somewhat difficult to understand was reasoning by criteria. The question that I had about this form of reasoning is: Can you experience reasoning by criteria by just making decisions based on a set of rules, acting as the criteria? In order to know if someone is using this form of reasoning, you define the criteria by which the outcome of a decision will be judged, and then, given those constraints, you are to identify the best decision. First, you have to establish the standards as being valid for a logical argument, and the criteria which appeal to common values are usually more likely to be easily accepted. An example of this is: "I guess you want something nice to wear when you go out to dinner. How about this outfit?" Instead of just saying "get this," the first example is more accurate for reasoning by criteria because we specifically know that the individual wants a nice outfit. By stating "get this," it does not give any criteria for which kind of outfit it is, and for all we know they could be looking at some gym clothes because there is no criteria for what the individual wants to wear to dinner.
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Hey Bobby, I liked how you explained your side and understanding for reasoning by criteria. It was difficult for you to understand since you questioned it. I feel that your first example is more accurate since you are helping that individual find an outfit that the individual wants to look nice in. The second example does not give any criteria in order to help that individual out. I can see this happening with my friends when we go to the mall together. Sometimes my friends are in a hurry that they just immediately say to get the shoes I tried on when I ask one of them if this looks good on me. Nice post!
ReplyDeleteI liked your example of Reasoning by Criteria. As you mentioned, it can sometimes be difficult to determine what criteria will make up an acceptable argument with this form of reasoning. I feel that you also brought up a valid point with your example. It can be very easy to present vague information when trying to Reason by Criteria. If you’re suggesting an argument and say “get this,” it is difficult for your argument to be specific. The argument would be much more specific if the person said, “I guess you want something nice to wear when you go out to dinner. You should wear this blue dress.” You did a great job explaining this form of reasoning.
ReplyDeleteHello there Bobby! Criteria reasoning was somewhat difficult for me to understand also. It is quite hard without making your argument so directly to point and without making it so harsh. I liked the example that you gave for criteria reasoning. It gave me a better understanding of what the reasoning meant. I believe that it is also easy to give information that is somewhat vague, such as Sammygirl has said. I also believe that criteria reasoning needs to be present with a more emphasis of being more specific. Great job of making criteria reasoning more clear and giving a great example of what it is.
ReplyDeleteHey Bobby, this was pretty much the one that gave me the most trouble at first. The only thing I could really find on the internet was a definition, along with the link that the professor provided. Once I figured it out the whole meaning behind if and making judgements of right/wrong based on common values, it became a lot easier. Your example was perfect in explaining the concept, as it clearly states the difference between the two statements of that have the same general message, even if one is very vague. Great post though, you did a great job in helping understand the concept.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that reasoning by criteria was hardest to understand. The website the professor provided was the only one I could find about the concept. It was also difficult to understand the example the website provided. I found it difficult to make an example for this concept. After analyzing that website more I finally got to understand it well. I think you used a great example for this concept. The concept sounds much more clearer to understand. I had to see other people examples to finally get the concept. I also noticed that every time I searched for this concept on Google, our class blogs always popped up.
ReplyDeleteYou provided a really good example for this difficult to understand concept. I wish I’d read your post on this concept before struggling to find more information to clarify the meaning. My understanding after reading a few examples is that it’s an argument that presents choices or suggests criteria options, instead of having a choice or decision made for you. I liked that your example includes the logical reasoning of criteria; nice outfit, something appropriate for dinner and presents an assumed offer of ‘choice’. This is what I also finally understood the concept to mean, but your example was much clearer. Great post!
ReplyDeleteReasoning by criteria was one of the more unique and hard-to-grasp ways of reasoning that we learned this week. I like your example, specifically the end of it, because it explained why this kind of reasoning is necessary. In a way, it sort of sets the tone for the argument about to be made. Just saying “get this” to somebody does not establish exactly what you want to get done and is in fact very vague. But adding a nice little introductory sentence before you say what you want to get done it not only make what you are saying more precise, but also increases the chance of the result you are pushing for.
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