December 11 –Wednesday Argumentation Skills - 1

December 12 –Thursday 10:30 DR. SABINE FREIZER - "Georgia and Russia: conflicts in South Ossetia and Abkhazia” at Senate Room.

December 13- Friday 09:00-10:00 Ziyneti Özkan & Ezgi Nuray - Armenia

10:30 Prof.Knud Erik Jorgensen –Future of the EU At Çatı Restaurant

December 18 – Wednesday 14:00-14:50 Departmental Chair Prof.Aylin Güney lecture 15:00-15:50 Regular Lecture – Argumentation Skills Continued

December 19– Thursday 10:30 DR. SABINE FREIZER - "Armenia and Azerbaijan: the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Turkey's normalization potential" at Senate Room

December 20 – Friday Gökay Çınar –ATAY ÇETİNBİLEK Russia –Georgia War in 2008

December 25 – Wednesday Argumentation Skills – Continued

December 27 – Friday NO CLASS January 1 – Wednesday NO CLASS

January 3 – Friday The Last Class Day before Final Paper Submission/Presentation – Meaning last opportunity to get feedback

January 8 – Wednesday - Around 3000 words print-out Final Paper Submission (including 300 words Abstract, At least 5 Keywords, Bibliograpy, 12 Newtimesromans Word Office format , 1.5 spaced with subheadings) ,

- Powerpoint presentation , 10 slides , 5 minutes , not more not less

Argumentation Skills-1

What's the Point of Arguing?

• Not stating prejudices in a new form.• Not disputation. • An argument is not simply a statement of certain

views, and it is not simply a dispute.

• " To give an argument" means to offer a set of reasons or evidences in support of a conclusion.

• Arguments are attempts to support certain views with reasons.

Why arguments are essential ?

• Inquiry: A way of trying to find out which

views are better than others.

• Defend/Explain: Once one arrived at a

conclusion that is well-supported by reasons,

argument is how we explain and defend it.

Understanding Argumentative Essays

• At Highschool: Learning fairly clear-cut and uncontroversial subjects. Papers only need to report them.

• At Yaşar University: The issues are often not so clear-cut and certain. Require students to question their beliefs and to work out and defend their own views. Asked to learn to think for themselves, to form their own views in an orderly way. The ability to defend views is a measure of that skill, and that is why argumentative essays are so important.

Composing a Short Argument- Some General Rules

1)Distinguish premises ( önkabul/ varsayım) and conclusion: The conclusion is the statement for which you give reasons. The statements which give your reasons are ‘premises’.

2) Present your ideas in a natural order: Each claim should lead naturally to the next.

3) Start from reliable premises: No matter how well you argue from premises to your conclusion, it will be weak if your premises are weak.

4) Be concrete and concise; Avoid abstract, vague, general terms.

5)Avoid loaded language: Do not make your argument look good by demonizing the oppositing side. Beware value-laden wording.

6) Stick to one meaning for each term: Sexes are the ‘equal’ so the law should not pretend that we are ‘equal’. 7) Use consistent terms: Stick to a single set of terms to have connection between premises.

Arguments by Example (in support for generalization)

8)Give more than one example: A single example offers no support for generalization.Could be atypical case.

9) Use representative examples: Even a large number may misrepresent the set being generalized. Sampling is the key.

10) Background information is crucial !

11) Consider counterexamples

12) Analogy requires a relevantly similar example

Arguments from Authority (sometimes risky !)

13) Sources should be cited: 1) Reliability 2) Allow

the reader to find on her/his own

14) Seek informed sources: Must be qualified to

make the statements they make.

15) Personal attacks do not disqualify a source:

Not necessarly fit our general sterotype of ‘an

authority’.

16) Authorities on one subject are not necessarily informed on every subject.

15)Seek impartial sources

16) Cross-check sources

Before you quote any person or organization as

an authority, you should check to make sure that

other equally qualified/impartial authorities

agree.

Meaning do not soley rely on governmental

sources !!!

Arguments about Causes

To be continued

December 11 –Wednesday Argumentation Skills - 1

December 12 –Thursday 10:30 DR. SABINE FREIZER - "Georgia and Russia: conflicts in South Ossetia and Abkhazia” at Senate Room.

December 13- Friday 09:00-10:00 Ziyneti Özkan & Ezgi Nuray - Armenia

10:30 Prof.Knud Erik Jorgensen –Future of the EU At Çatı Restaurant

December 18 – Wednesday 14:00-14:50 Departmental Chair Prof.Aylin Güney lecture 15:00-15:50 Regular Lecture – Argumentation Skills Continued

December 19– Thursday 10:30 DR. SABINE FREIZER - "Armenia and Azerbaijan: the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Turkey's normalization potential" at Senate Room

December 20 – Friday Gökay Çınar –ATAY ÇETİNBİLEK Russia –Georgia War in 2008

December 25 – Wednesday Argumentation Skills – Continued

December 27 – Friday NO CLASS January 1 – Wednesday NO CLASS

January 3 – Friday The Last Class Day before Final Paper Submission/Presentation – Meaning last opportunity to get feedback

January 8 – Wednesday - Around 3000 words print-out Final Paper Submission (including 300 words Abstract, At least 5 Keywords, Bibliograpy, 12 Newtimesromans Word Office format , 1.5 spaced with subheadings) ,

- Powerpoint presentation , 10 slides , 5 minutes , not more not less