What Is A Legal Claim?

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    Not all sentences can function as claims for argumentative purposes.

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  • 2. 

    Can the following function as a claim in an argument? “Are you going to the beach this weekend?”

    • Claim

    • Not a claim

    Correct Answer
    A. Not a claim
    Explanation
    Not a claim. This is a question. Questions can't be either true or false.

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  • 3. 

    In logic the terms “statement”, “proposition” and “claim” are commonly used to mean the same thing — namely, an assertion that can be true or false (but not both).

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    The terms "statement," "proposition," and "claim" are commonly used interchangeably in logic to refer to an assertion that can be either true or false.

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  • 4. 

    For a sentence to function as a claim in an argument, there must be a shared understanding among all relevant parties of the meaning of the sentence.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    True. This is a not a trivial requirement. A lot of unproductive debate is based on a failure to make clear what the issue is and what claims are actually being asserted.

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  • 5. 

    Can the following function as a claim in an argument? “Put your hands in the air and turn around!”

    • Claim

    • Not a claim

    Correct Answer
    A. Not a claim
    Explanation
    Not a claim. This is a command. Commands can't be either true or false.

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  • 6. 

    So-called “rhetorical questions” are actually not questions at all, but statements disguised as questions.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    True. Sometimes we use the grammatical form of a question when we're really making an assertion. Sarcastic questions often function this way.

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  • 7. 

    In the context of logic and argumentation, to understand the meaning of a sentence is to understand what it would mean for the sentence to be true or false.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    True. Again, this isn't a trivial point. There may be other ways that language can carry meaning (think of poetry, think of metaphor, etc.), but for purposes of argumentation we need clarity, and this is a good test for clarity - do everyone understand what it would mean for the claim to be true rather than false?

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  • 8. 

    Prediction: “Today you will receive a phone call at 3:31 PM, from a man asking about donations to the Red Cross.”

    • Too vague to function as a claim

    • Too ambiguous to function as a claim

    • Both

    • Neither — this can function as a claim

    Correct Answer
    A. Neither — this can function as a claim
    Explanation
    (d) It's very clear what's being asserted here.

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  • 9. 

    If the meaning of a sentence is vague at all, then it cannot function as a claim in an argument.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    False. All language will have some degree of vagueness. The relevant question is whether the claim is TOO vague, given the argumentative context.

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  • 10. 

    Prediction: “Tomorrow is a day of new opportunities.”

    • Too vague to function as a claim

    • Too ambiguous to function as a claim

    • Both

    • Neither — this can function as a claim

    Correct Answer
    A. Too vague to function as a claim
    Explanation
    I picked (a) for this, but my students insist that you can also read "opportunities" as being ambiguous. Don't feel bad if you picked (c), you're in good company.

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