5/5 #3 tripped me up because at first I was confused why would there be a comma so early on and then read further and released everything he was describing in first person was a premise.
How do you know if a argument has a conclusion and a premise and one that does not have any? I am doing pretty good on identifying the premise and conclusion, but have trouble understanding what is an argument and what isn't
@JenniferLewis Although I am not very good at identifying arguments and not-arguments, my rule of thumb is to try to sum up what the main point of the passage was. If there isn't a point (if it's just information and there isn't at any point someone saying you should be believing in something), then it's likely to not be an argument. But again, this is what works for me. Hope that helps.
@AlexanderAlizadeh I'd assume so because a regular premise seems to only be an ends to one segment whereas a major premise can help directly build on the main conclusion
@JeanMaurice Yes I think so because to me it leads on like this: businesses should adopt polices that facilitate parenting given that business has an interest in enabling employees to care for children.
Is "if my experience is anything to go by" a minor premise for "no patients are going to ask for access to their records anyway" (minor conclusion)? Or is it not because of the "if?"
@torantorudy3 afaik (just finished studying this), I don't think the stimulus adding "if my experience is anything to go by" is something to focus on. You should assume all premises given are true.
the last one got me i thought the part "such as day care benefits" would be apart of the premises as it is more an example than drawing a conclusion so i bracketed that out of the conclusion to make the conclusion "therefore businesses should adopt polices that facilitate parenting"
@Maddie2027 What I'm learning so far is, as you come out of a new lesson and you're heading into a skill builder after the new lesson, don't immediately assume the first question is based entirely off the new lesson lol
I got 5/5 however, one of my problems that I can fix is that I don't make note of sub conclusions often enough or do I utilize signal words. These can help me in the future when I face a tougher argument that isn't as easy to decipher.
S.C/S.P[Business has an interest in enabling employees to care for children,]
because P[those children will be the customers, employees, and managers of the future. ]
Therefore, M.C[businesses should adopt policies, such as day care benefits, that facilitate parenting.]
Please help:
why can't "Business has an interest in enabling employees to care for children," be the CONCLUSION for the premise that "those children will be the customers, employees, and managers of the future."
AND
one of the PREMISES for "businesses should adopt policies, such as day care benefits, that facilitate parenting"
Read it like this:
Because children will be the customers, employees, and managers of the future, business has an interest in enabling employees to care for children.
Therefore, businesses should adopt policies, such as day care benefits, that facilitate parenting.
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I did really good on this section. I had one hiccup and a maybe.
5/5 #3 tripped me up because at first I was confused why would there be a comma so early on and then read further and released everything he was describing in first person was a premise.
4.5/5 - I guessed on 1 and got it right but 5 i thought there was a sub -conclusion in there
update just saw the video and for 5 i got it right because i was doing the major premise and major conclusion - so 5/5
What were the sub conclusions in this
4/5, 1 got me for whatever reason lol.
@soniaxoxo me too, I thought it wasn't an argument, just information
5/5
How do you know if a argument has a conclusion and a premise and one that does not have any? I am doing pretty good on identifying the premise and conclusion, but have trouble understanding what is an argument and what isn't
@JenniferLewis Although I am not very good at identifying arguments and not-arguments, my rule of thumb is to try to sum up what the main point of the passage was. If there isn't a point (if it's just information and there isn't at any point someone saying you should be believing in something), then it's likely to not be an argument. But again, this is what works for me. Hope that helps.
Yay, 5/5!!
Will it be important to recognize the difference between a regular premise and a major premise? Or is just seeing the premise and conclusion enough.
@AlexanderAlizadeh I'd assume so because a regular premise seems to only be an ends to one segment whereas a major premise can help directly build on the main conclusion
Hello can we consider the first sentence in the number 5 as an argument that will serve as a major premise for the major conclusion.
@JeanMaurice Yes I think so because to me it leads on like this: businesses should adopt polices that facilitate parenting given that business has an interest in enabling employees to care for children.
4/5. Number 4 got me...
4/5. First one got me
Is "if my experience is anything to go by" a minor premise for "no patients are going to ask for access to their records anyway" (minor conclusion)? Or is it not because of the "if?"
@torantorudy3 afaik (just finished studying this), I don't think the stimulus adding "if my experience is anything to go by" is something to focus on. You should assume all premises given are true.
the last one got me i thought the part "such as day care benefits" would be apart of the premises as it is more an example than drawing a conclusion so i bracketed that out of the conclusion to make the conclusion "therefore businesses should adopt polices that facilitate parenting"
4/5 i thought the last one had a sub-conclusion [Business has an interest in enabling employees to care for children]
@TOMCRUISE it does, its explained in the video haha
@TOMCRUISE I see your confusion. If you click answer, it has the intermediate conclusion in what would be the premise font (the blue italics).
5/5 sometimes I highlighted more than necessary but still solid
4/5 The first tripped me up
@Maddie2027 What I'm learning so far is, as you come out of a new lesson and you're heading into a skill builder after the new lesson, don't immediately assume the first question is based entirely off the new lesson lol
5/5!
5/5 - LETS GOOO!
4/5 The first one caught me off guard!
"do you want your caramel macchiato upside down?"
"no i want my practice problems upside down"
5/5
I got 5/5 however, one of my problems that I can fix is that I don't make note of sub conclusions often enough or do I utilize signal words. These can help me in the future when I face a tougher argument that isn't as easy to decipher.
lets goooo 5/5, so thankful for the video explanations.
LOL, second round. this time again 4/5.
what do you think about this ?
S.C/S.P: SUB CONCLUSION / SUB PREMISE
P: PREMISE
M.C: MAJOR COMCLUSION
S.C/S.P[Business has an interest in enabling employees to care for children,]
because P[those children will be the customers, employees, and managers of the future. ]
Therefore, M.C[businesses should adopt policies, such as day care benefits, that facilitate parenting.]
Please help:
why can't "Business has an interest in enabling employees to care for children," be the CONCLUSION for the premise that "those children will be the customers, employees, and managers of the future."
AND
one of the PREMISES for "businesses should adopt policies, such as day care benefits, that facilitate parenting"
Read it like this:
Because children will be the customers, employees, and managers of the future, business has an interest in enabling employees to care for children.
Therefore, businesses should adopt policies, such as day care benefits, that facilitate parenting.
5/5!!!