COMM1270 Quiz03

Spheres

Collections of people interacting and making critical decisions

Group Structuration

Develop using rules and resources while processing information.

Personal Spheres

Private life, relationships and emotions rather than public

Technical Spheres

Those in which formal argumentative patterns are enforced.

Public Spheres

People who seek public debate and recognition by relevant decision makers.

Rhetoric

The ability to perceive available means of persuasion.

Audience

The spectators or listeners within the sphere.

Probability

The odds of something happening or being true.

Proof

Evidence or argument to establish facts or truth.

Criteria

Standards on which decisions should be based.

Critical Decision

One that would likely have a serious and material impact.

Reasonable

That which is appropriate, fair, and sensible within the sphere.

Criteria

Standards on which decisions should be based.

Worldviews

A philosophy of life or concept of the world

Reasonable Arguments

Those based on sound judgment - fair and sensible by Decision Makers

Starting Points

The place to begin an argument with which your opponent agrees

Facts

Empirical - from observation or experience where there is no controversy.

Probabilities

The degree to which something is expected to happen.

Presumption

What is thought to be true until a new one is accepted to replace it.

Commonplaces

Areas of agreement from which arguments can be built.

A Fortiori

Greek an even stronger reason