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Chapter 6

Chapter six talked about how to plan presentations and case building. One of the most interesting aspects I took away from this is the idea of telling a story in an argument. I didn't realize that an argument could be someone's personal story. It's interesting that someone can create a argument with their own personal story and seeing it as a vision. I had an understanding about visions as if it is your stepping into someones else's shoes. Understanding someone else's vision also requires an amount of having an open mind. You have to accept the fact that they have a different opinion and a different vision. 

I think one of the biggest arguments that deal with different visions and are personal stories are those who are accused for assault. For example, the Kavanaugh case where it was two people's personal perspectives and stories. It was also two different visions. Her vision of what happened and Kavanaughs vision of what happened. I think that they both needed to accept each others vision in order for the argument to proceed more than it did. I feel like that they didn't accept each others vision and that just lead to budding heads and not getting very far with the argument. If they would have accepted each others vision I think that the argument would of been more successful and peaceful than what it was. Maybe the woman wouldn't feel so shut down and maybe Kavanaugh wouldn't be on the supreme court but either way I think that both sides would of felt more satisfied if both sides understood each other visions.















































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  1. CharlieOctober 16, 2018 at 12:17 PM

    Yeah, I agree with everything you say. I think it is interesting that visions seem very related to worldviews. I would say that worldviews help to form visions for specific arguments. It also seems that someone's vision is related to the starting points that can used. By better understanding the visions of both parties, people can establish solid starting points with clear direction of where they want the argument to go. I will also add that while it is important to understand the vision of the opposition, that can be extremely difficult to do in a situation where the two visions are extremely contradictory. I believe it is an important step to attempt to understand all visions of an argument, but I do not think it is always easy or fully possible. People can understand where others come from without necessarily buying their case.

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