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1 juni 2021

Unit 5: Reasoning, arguments and counter-arguments, structuring an argumentative essay

Videos: Video 10: Building logical arguments Video 11: Counterargument and rebuttal Homework task(s): Formulate a (debatable) thesis statement, and write down the arguments which brought you to this thesis statement Suggested tasks for the tutorial: Tutor introduces Assignment 3: Essay Outline Pair exercise on argumentation 1. Formulate and write down three arguments FOR and three AGAINST your thesis statement. 2. Swap your work with your partner. 3. Evaluate your partner's for and against statements. Try to come up with: a. additional arguments AGAINST your partner's thesis statement b. areas of doubt/vagueness in your partner's FOR statements 4. Swap back again. Review feedback and make notes on how to refine your argumentation. Tutor presents suggested outline for organisation of final essay Your final essay will be a coherent set of ideas ordered into a logical argument around one central claim (Thesis Statement) Overall structure: • Title • Introduction, including thesis statement • Body (arguments, counter-argument, rebuttal) • Conclusion • Bibliography Example structure for Body: • Paragraph 1 (argument) • Paragraph 2 (argument) • Paragraph 3 (this can be your counter-argument) • Paragraph 4 (this can be the rebuttal of your counter argument) Counter-argument can attack the thesis statement, or can attack one of your arguments in particular. Consider whether all your arguments are independent, or whether some depend on others (as shown in video for this week).

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Philomeen Dol, Elly Dutton, Bryan O'Donovan, Gea Hakker

1 september 2025

Algorithmic assessment systems

This class pursues a twofold goal of making students both think about the use of AI in recidivism prediction/social benefits allocation and reflect on the possible use of AI for making evaluative, moral judgments. To do so, students are first presented with contextual information about recidivism prediction and social benefits allocation controversies before the class through mandatory reading. During the class, students are divided into four groups that take contrasting positions on these two issues (recidivism prediction and social benefits allocation) and are asked to suggest (counter-)arguments for the position that they have been assigned in a debate-style manner, following academic argumentative norms. Later, students use ChatGPT/GPT3 or an alternative LLM with a chat interface to prompt it about arguments and counter-arguments pertaining to their position. As a result, students compare and discuss the answers they have come up with and those offered by ChatGPT, both within the groups and with the whole class, exploring different dimensions of using AI for evaluative moral judgments

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Olya Kudina, Dmitry Muravyov

4 mei 2021

Landscapes | Contested GM Worldviews - (Andrew Flachs)

An article in Scientific American (https://edu.nl/4r6q7) bringing a science and technology studies lens to Genetically Modified Organisms, provoked louder than normal responses from the pro biotech crowd. What can we learn from the exchange? Dr Andrew Flachs, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Purdue University, studied the role of seeds on farmer livelihoods in rural India as part of his book, Cultivating Knowledge. We discuss the arguments of the article and its malcontents to try and reach a broader understanding of what this debate is really about. Episode Links Andrew Flachs personal website. On Twitter Cultivating Knowledge: Biotechnology, Sustainability, and the Human Cost of Cotton Capitalism in India, By Andrew Flachs. How Biotech Crops Can Crash and Still Never Fail, by Aniket Aga and Maywa Montenegro de Wit, Scientific American. Is Biotechnology Just New Colonialism? Talking Biotech Podcast, Dr. Kevin Folta. 'Woke' Scientific American Goes Anti-GMO, American Council on Science and Health, Cameron English. Whose Science? Whose Knowledge? Sandra Harding. A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, Jason Moore and Raj Patel. Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital, Jason Moore Works of Sidney Mintz. R. Vasavi’s work on the Green Revolution: Harbingers of Rain: Land and life in South Asia. Shadow Space: Suicides and the Predicament of Rural India. Paul Robbins’ contributions to the Intended Consequences Rock, J. (2019). “We are not starving:” challenging genetically modified seeds and development in Ghana. Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, 41(1), 15-23. Dowd-Uribe, B. (2014). Engineering yields and inequality? How institutions and agro-ecology shape Bt cotton outcomes in Burkina Faso. Geoforum, 53, 161-171. Andrew Flachs and Paul Richards on the role of performance on agricultural systems. Indian millet hunger reduction program. Learning to Love G.M.O.s, by Jennifer Kahn, The New York Times Montenegro de Wit, M., Kapuscinski, A. R., & Fitting, E. (2020). Democratizing CRISPR? Stories, practices, and politics of science and governance on the agricultural gene editing frontier. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 8. Genetically Modified Democracy, by Aniket Aga. Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resilience and the Black Freedom Movement Researchers can restore the American chestnut through genetic engineering. But at what cost? The Counter Landscapes is produced by Adam Calo. A complete written transcript of the episode can be found on Adam’s newsletter: Land Food Nexus. Send feedback or questions to adamcalo@substack.com. Music by Blue Dot Sessions: “Kilkerrin” by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue). You can find full transcripts of the episodes and more information at https://adamcalo.substack.com/

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Adam Calo

1 juni 2021

11. ATC - Argumentative essay (4): Counterargument and rebuttal

What is the Argument–Counter-argument–Rebuttal sequence, and why is it a useful to include in an argumentative essay?

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Philomeen Dol, Elly Dutton, Bryan O'Donovan, Gea Hakker