Paranormal Investigation of NYC: Perelam

Paranormal Investigation of NYC

Perelman’s Rhetoric of Argument

Premises	Presumptions: The normal	Based on a reference group or experience	“Never believe what you see on television about paranormal activity, most of it is made up for entertainment purposes. True activity is rare and subtle and make take years and many investigations to ever witness.”	Don’t believe what tv portrays as ghost hunting, we do the real ghost hunting and we are credible because we have proof from our personal experiences.
	Value: Universal	Not specific: “truth” “justice”	“Remember, when trying to contact the spirit world, there may be no right or wrong way.”	There is no universal rule to follow to contact ghost.
	Loci	The rare and unique is better	“True activity is rare and subtle and make take years and many investigations to ever witness.”	Because paranormal activity is so rare it makes it even better when captured.
Premise Modifiers	Enthymeme	Giving only premises and not the claim	“Ghost Hunting & Paranormal Investigation is part Science, Parapsychology and metaphysics. Remember that proof is only through observation and belief.”	There not many claims made but all of the premises implicitly conclude that ghost are real.
Argument types	Quasi-logical arguments: Contradiction	Logical incompatibility of prepositions.	“First off, I do not consider us Ghost Hunters… Anyway, this is the info on Ghost hunting...” http://www.paranormal-nyc.com/gh.html	The first paragraph under ghost hunting explains how they would rather be called “Paranormal Investigator” but then refer to themselves as ghost hunter… very contradicting
Based on the Structure of Reality	Symbolic Liasons: Double Hierarchy	Two hierarchies so closely related that one can cue the other.	“Contacting the spirit involves prayer and guidance. A spirit will usually only react to the religion it followed in life”	Connecting to God will connect you with the spirts.
Establishing the Structure of Reality	Example	Event/s reveal/s a rule or reality.	“What you are about to listen to is unedited or not in anyway enhanced… Listen closely, after I ask "Would you like us to help you."”	Examples are given with evidence of footage as their proof to show their credibility.