 Exercise
4: The Analysis of
"Author Affirms Campus Hypocrisy"
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Instructions:
Stage 1
Read the attached essay, "Author
Affirms Campus Hypocrisy." Be able to identify, for your own understanding,
paragraphs which reference some of the most poignant social issues in our
country:
racism, affirmative action, political correctness, multiculturalism,
and
racial
separatism.
Following the model for the Analysis
of Arguments, complete a standard form analysis and numerical analysis
for the conclusion, "D'Souza is good at taking apart hypocrisy"
(see paragraphs 21, 22, and 23).
For this first assignment, 1) isolate and number
each stated claim in the three paragraphs (there are fifteen), and then
2) identify any unstated (implied) claims that must be operating in his
mind in support of his conclusion, "D'Souza is good at taking apart
hypocrisy."
A Hint About Intended Deductive Arguments
Note that your problem for this exercise is to
determine just how strongly the author, Stephen Goode, is willing to push
his conclusion, "D'Souza is good at taking apart hypocrisy." In other words,
as it is written, the argument would appear to be non-deductive, but is
it really? The problem is to interpret his intent. Notice that he gives
three paragraphs for the development of support for this one conclusion.
Does he intend merely a probability argument? If you can, you must
construct what may be his intended deductive argument, identifying both
the stated and unstated claims (premises) he offers in support of his conclusion.
You're going to have to "get inside his head" and ask yourself, "Why is
he making such claims?" "Where is this guy coming from?" "What are his
assumptions?"
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.Submitting Essays as E-Mail Attachments
It is absolutely essential to the security of
your work that you follow exactly these guidelines:
1) Heading on Assignments/Email Message
Texts
Place a heading on the first page of your essay
in the upper left-hand corner. Place the same information in each
email message window. The text must include the following information:
First Name-Middle Initial-Last Name
DCCCD Student ID Number
Course-Course Number-Section Number
Month-Date-Year
Name of Assignment
Example:
John R. Pointer
ID 5555555
English 2326: 9543
February 20, 2001
Exercise 3
2) File Name
Save your file exactly according to this model:
JPointer-Ex3
3) Sending Me E-mail Messages
You must include your name and identify your
message type in the subject line of each e-mail you send me. For
security reasons, if you fail to do so, I will delete your message without
responding.
In the subject line, include your name and exercise
number just as you saved your file above.
Example:
JPointer-Ex3
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JPointer-Question
JPointer-Comment
JPointer-Urgent
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I always open "Question," "Comment," and "Urgent" messages first
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