Compound claims and contradictory of claims are both mentioned in Chapter 6. A compound claim involves a statement that is made up of more than one claim, but when combined, they are interpreted as a single claim. An example of a compound claim is this: “Unless I end up breaking your cake holder, I will buy a new pan for you. Otherwise, you get your old one back.” In this case, the two claims actually become one single claim, because it will either be option A or option B.
A contradictory of a claim is the complete opposite of the claim that is made, no matter what the circumstance is. For example, if one were to say, “Alex is a moron,” then the contradictory of a claim is the exact opposite: “Alex is a genius.” In this case, the first claim is making an opinionated statement, while the second claim completely disregards the first claim and makes a claim that is directly the contrary of the first.
I like your example of a compound claim because you showed it in a different context through your word choice. Many other classmates that have chosen to address this topic in their posts and have used words such as “and” as well as “or” to distinguish between a compound and single claim. You used a very good example. Also very good brief touch on contradictory claims. One could just post an example and it could be self explanatory to the reader as to the concept of that claim, but I liked how you gave the example then continued to discuss contradictory claims after the example to tie them together.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed learning about the topic- compound claims/contradictory claims. I think I liked the topic of contradictory claims because first, it’s understandable and relatable. But secondly, it was easy! I liked how the book explained it. It basically said that claim A would be this and claim B would be the opposite of claim A. I enjoyed your example of your contradictory claim. Most of the examples that I have seen and thought of had the word “not” in it. However, you worded your contradictory claims with opposite words. For example, I would say the sun is hot. The contradictory claim would be the sun is not hot.
ReplyDeleteYou explained what a compound claim is very well. The example you used to show how a compound claim involves a statement that is made up of more than one claim, but when combined, they are interpreted as a single claim. You example that you used to show this method was really interesting. It made sense that if you did not break her cake holder that you will give it back and not have to buy your friend a new one. By realizing option A you are going to realize option B at the same time. So therefore these two claims should be combined into one claim.
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