{"id":2064,"date":"2011-11-19T09:11:31","date_gmt":"2011-11-19T09:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2011-11-19T09:13:59","modified_gmt":"2011-11-19T09:13:59","slug":"argumentation-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/19\/argumentation-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Argumentation on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Here’s an argument made on Twitter<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Difference between cakes and biscuits? When stale, cakes go hard, biscuits go soft. Hence Jaffa Cakes are cakes. (Was official EU ruling).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I just love this example:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. First, you can find it with “hence” (see cue phrases from an appendix to Marcu<\/a>‘s thesis).<\/li>\n
  2. Second, the notion of this EU (tax) ruling amuses me.<\/li>\n
  3. Third, it shows that 140 characters is enough for a complex argumentative structure. This has three main claims: When stale, cakes go hard, biscuits go soft; Jaffa Cakes are cakes; and [Jaffa Cakes are cakes due to] official EU ruling.<\/li>\n
  4. Enthymemes<\/a> anyone?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It’s hard, though, to draw the line between an argument and an explanation in this context.
    \n    Jaffa Cakes<\/a>, for you North American readers, are a common dessert-y snack in Ireland and the UK. Vaguely like Kandy Kakes<\/a> found in the Philadelphia area\/East Coast, but usually have an orange filling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Here’s an argument made on Twitter: Difference between cakes and biscuits? When stale, cakes go hard, biscuits go soft. Hence Jaffa Cakes are cakes. (Was official EU ruling). I just love this example: First, you can find it with “hence” (see cue phrases from an appendix to Marcu‘s thesis). Second, the notion of this EU […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,174,96,200],"tags":[277,471,473,453,470,472,164,474],"class_list":["post-2064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-argumentative-discussions","category-phd-diary","category-random-thoughts","category-social-web","tag-argumentation","tag-argumentative-structures","tag-eu-tax-law","tag-informal-argumentation","tag-jaffa-cakes","tag-kandy-kakes","tag-twitter","tag-vat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2064"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2073,"href":"https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064\/revisions\/2073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodischneider.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}