PROOF AND PERSUASION:
The Rhetoric of Scientific Integrity
SPRING 2022 

© 2021 by Cynthia Shearer

CYNTHIA SHEARER

419-H REED HALL

BOX 297700

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY 

​PHONE EXT: 817.257.6593 

c.shearer@tcu.edu

 

​ENGLISH 20803 -   WRITING AS ARGUMENT 
Section 50:MWF @ 1 p.m. in Bailey 102
Section 60: MWF @ 2 p.m. in Bailey 102
Cynthia Shearer, Instructor
OFFICE HOURS: 3- 4 p.m.  MW in Reed 419_H

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    • Course Description
    • Digital Syllabus

  • EVIDENCE & RESEARCH

    • Dissoi Logoi
    • COGNITIVE BIASES REFLECTION
    • STUDY GUIDE 1
    • Kuhn: Structure of Scientific Revolution
    • STUDY GUIDE 2
    • RESEARCH LINKS
    • PSEUDOSCIENCE/FAKE NEWS
    • ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT
    • Evidence Test (Take-Home)
    • Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  • CLASSICAL ARGUMENT

    • STUDY GUIDE
    • LOGICAL FALLACIES
    • AMERICA'S BEST CLASSICAL ARGUMENT
    • WRITING AN INTRO
    • WRITING BACKGROUND
    • WRITING A REBUTTAL
    • ESSAY ASSIGNMENT

  • FRAMING

    • STUDY GUIDE

  • MULTIMODAL ARGUMENT

    • STUDY GUIDE
    • GRAPHICS BANK ASSIGNMENT
    • SYLLOWIDGET ASSIGNMENT
    • FAQ ASSIGNMENT
    • TWITTER RESEARCH FEED
    • CATCH AND RELEASE
    • Syllowidgets
    • More syllowidgets
    • JADE FREDERICKSON PORTFOLIO

  • CONFLICT RESOLUTION

    • STUDY GUIDE
    • Conflict Resolution mini-essay

  • WEB ADVOCACY

    • STUDY GUIDE
    • WEB ADVOCACY ASSIGNMENT

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    STUDY GUIDE 2: REAL OR FAKE?

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    DEFINE AND GIVE EXAMPLES OF EACH OF THE TERMS BELOW:
     
    PLATO'S ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE
     
    PLATO'S  DIVIDED LINE

    THOMAS KUHN'S STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS

    NORMAL SCIENCE

    REVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE

    SCIENTIFIC CONFLICT

    ANOMALY

    PILOT STUDY

    LONGITUDINAL STUDY

    CORROBORATIVE EVIDENCE/RESEARCH

    PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL

    META-ANALYSIS

    SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

    PSEUDOSCIENCE

    PROPAGANDA

    "FAKE NEWS"

    DISINFORMATION

    PERCEPTION MANAGEMENT 
      
    OPPOSITION RESEARCH

    CONFLICT OF INTEREST

    LOGICAL FALLACY
     

    © 2021 by Cynthia Shearer