My Views and Ideas: Life and Parenting

- to persuade - to convince - to give someone a reason for his/her belief or our belief.      - to give someone a reason is not necessarily to convince them or persuade them or change their             belief. Justification - Showing someone a reason to believe the conclusion. - justification tries to give good reasons. - persuasion tries to change your belief or actions Questions to ask:- 1)Is the arguer trying to change someone's mind?     -if so then the purpose is persuasion. 2) Is the arguer trying to give some kind of reason to believe something?      - if so then the purpose is justification .

1) you don't win an argument by hitting some body on his head. 2) you don't win an argument by yelling at someone. 3) you can not win an argument by using abusive and humiliating language or words. 4) complaining wont make you win an argument either. 5) contradicting or denying(disagreeing) wont make you win an argument. Arguing is an intellectual process in which you give a proper reason for your view. An argument is : 1) a series of statements ,sentences or propositions. 2) where some are the premises . 3) one is the conclusion. 4) where the premises are intended to give a reason for the conclusion.