- Milne Library “CryptoParty”
- Short talks, one-on-one consultation, re digital privacy (which is almost entirely cryptographic)
- Thursday, Sept. 22, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
- Milne 208
- They Say, I Say chapter 4
- Look at “Nuclear Waste” reading at back of They Say, I
Say
- How and with who does author express agreement / disagreement?
- Big picture
- Ultimately he agrees with pro-storage people and disagrees with the
anti-storage camp, but he uses an interesting strategy of seeming to
agree with the anti-storage people and their arguments before switching
and attacking those arguments
- Ultimately he agrees with pro-storage people and disagrees with the
anti-storage camp, but he uses an interesting strategy of seeming to
agree with the anti-storage people and their arguments before switching
and attacking those arguments
- Individual “moves”
- Negative presentation of opposing view
- Leading questions
- Negative adjectives
- Refuting opposition (well-founded arguments against opposing position
ultimately gets you further than just casting opposition in a negative
light)
- Challenging assumptions, offering better ones
- “Scientific” arguments (i.e., not detailed experiments and data, but outlines of mathematical or physical analyses) for his position
- “Thesis” statement distributed through argument
- Negative presentation of opposing view
- Big picture
- How and with who does author express agreement / disagreement?
- Theses generally
- What are they?
- Topic? (not really)
- Point/claim you’re arguing for
- What makes a good one?
- Specific/focused
- Not vague
- Objective enough to debate it on evidence
- Implies plan for essay
- What are they?
- Peer reviews of “Gold Bug” essays
- Bring 3 printed copies to class
- Email me one copy by class time
- You only need drafts, but as seriously begun essays
- Not notes or outlines
- But may have gaps, awkward spots, questions you want answered, etc.