Analyzing the argument - Part 1 of 2

Analyzing the argument is an important skill in everyday life, but it is particularly important in academic reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Learn the basics of how arguments are built so you can analyze them more easily.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
0:33 Definition of an argument
1:18 Claims: Premises and the conclusion
2:54 Analyzing an example argument
4:34 Arguments and critical thinking

GUIDE
"Critical Reading" (THIS PLAYLIST):    • Critical Reading  

Critical thinking and reading (introduction):    • Critical thinking and reading  
Distinguishing fact from opinion:    • Distinguishing fact from opinion  
Analyzing the argument (1/3)...    • Analyzing the argument - Part 1 of 2  

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FURTHER READING

Advanced Reading Course: https://snaplanguage.io/esl/c-level/r...
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FURTHER READING ABOUT THE ARGUMENT
Introduction to Logic (by Beth Rosdatter, University of Kentucky): http://www.uky.edu/~rosdatte/phi120/c...

Introduction to Logic (by Kevin Klement, University of Massachussets-Amhearst): http://people.umass.edu/klement/100/l...

Argument (in Help with Logic Coach; web site): http://academic.csuohio.edu/polen/LC9...

FURTHER READING
Summary of research on cell phones and cancer risk (cancer.gov article): http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/ca...

Review of evidence for the association between mobile phone use and risk of intracranial tumors (peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine): http://jnrbm.biomedcentral.com/articl...

Use of mobile phones and risk of brain tumours: update of Danish cohort study (British Medical Journal article in PDF): http://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/343/bm...

REFERENCES
ProCon.org. (2016, January). Cell Phones ProCon.org Retrieved from http://cellphones.procon.org/

Lennart Hardell et al., "Meta-Analysis of Long-Term
Mobile Phone Use and the Association With Brain
Tumours," International Journal of Oncology, Mar. 2008

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