Perelman Arguments for Eclipse Paranormal
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Category
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Definition
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Example from the Text
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Why?
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Premises – Facts/Truths- Observed
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Concrete Data
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“Her interests in the paranormal began when she was 5
years old after she had an experience with her grandfather who had passed one
week before.”
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She is basing her existence of the paranormal from
concrete data she experienced in her childhood.
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Premise Modifiers – Presence - Amplification
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Divide whole into parts
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“E.P.R.I. is a non-profit organization dedicated to the
study and research of paranormal occurrences. Through research,
investigations, and the documentation of evidence, we seek to broaden our
knowledge and understanding of these unexplained events.”
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They are dividing
their organization into different parts to show they cover a wide variety of
areas to give them more credibility. If they show what they do in detail then
people will think they are more credible.
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Contradiction
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Logical incompatibility of propositions
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“There's a bit more to this story and it really helped to
solidify this strange experience for us, though we don't have proof, so take
it however want.”
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They contradict themselves by saying it solidified the experience
for them, however they say they don’t have proof.
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Exception
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Act is especially unique
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“While on the tour, we decided to keep our recorders
going on our phones because we were on vacation, and we had none of our gear
with us.”
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They make it seem
like ghosts are real because they weren’t even trying to capture evidence and
they did. So it is an exception in the way of how they weren’t using their
gear to capture anything, but they just happened to capture yells and stuff.
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Premise Modifiers – Presence – Space
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Making it feel close
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At one point, the guide was telling us a story about a
fire that broke out in an old building back in 1931. It was late, around
9:30pm, and the streets were completely abandoned at this time, except for
our group.”
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They make it feel
close in the way they are describing the scene and laying it out. It makes
you imagine the space in your mind making it feel close to you.
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There is a very standard thesis that could be drawn from the data discovered. You could defenitelely speak on the instance of the crew utilizing these argument types or premises and so forth in the reach out of attempting to find ways or functions that could exempt themselves from having to distribute evidence when it is most apparent that they do need the evidence. In other explanation, what I get out of this is that you could present on how the group essentially draws on their more credible variables while using the argument attributes that guide along their fallacies.
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that the people who run this sight like to add a sense of urgency to very relatable situations. Maybe you could write your thesis about how they use fearmongering as a tactic to make themselves seem legitimate.
ReplyDeleteI think that you could really highlight on the fact that this group uses their personal experiences to capitalize off of the connections that they make with their audience.
ReplyDeleteThe evidence here seems as though it tends to follow personal experience to create arguments, even to minute details. They also use individual stories to justify their actions. Perhaps discuss the use of storytelling/experiences rather than concrete data to prove existence of ghosts (and therefore give the site reason to exist?)
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