Dr. Lee McGaan      Office:  WH 308  (ph. 309-457-2155);  email
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by apt.  |  copyright (c) by Lee McGaan, 2006-13  last updated
9/2/2008  Types of Claims    1. Claims of Fact. (existence of
something/definition or classification/facts -- inferences about
past present or future)   2. Types of factual claims (generally
"objective")      1. Factual / historical     2. Relational -
causal connections     3. Predictive      proof requires:
1. sufficient and appropriate grounds       1. reliable
authority       2. recent data       3. accurate, typical data
4. clearly defined terms -no loaded language     2. a clear
distinction between fact and inference.   3. Claims of Value
(taste & morals / good-bad) [make value judgments/ resolve
conflict between values/ quasi policy (rightness of it; relative
merit)]   4. proof requires:      1. Establishing standards of
evaluation (i.e. a warr