Architecture Research Methods ARCH 5365 BCW Chapter 9

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Architecture Research MethodsARCH 5365BCW
Chapter 9

• Gary W. Smith, 2006

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Reasons and Evidence

• The core of an argument is
• Its claim
• and
• two kinds of support
• reasons and evidence

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• Reasons provide the outline of the logical
  structure of the support of a claim

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• Evidence is the established body of facts that
  readers need to see before they accept your
  reasons.

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• Reasons state why readers should accept a claim
  and we base reasons on evidence
• Evidence is what the reader accepts as fact

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• Selecting the right form for reporting evidence
• direct quotations
• words representing objects, images and events
• photographs
• tables, charts, graphs, and words
• summaries and paraphrases of any of the above

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• Test evidence by questioning whether it is
  sufficient and representative, and is it reported
  accurately and precisely from an authoritative
  source.

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• Write an Abstract
• TELL/EXPLAIN
• Topic of Inquiry
• System of Inquiry
• The claim (and note which it is)
• Conceptual (to ask the reader to believe in
  something) or Practical
• Support (two kinds of support reasons and
  evidence)
• What are the reasons for the claim
• Reasons provide the outline of the logical
  structure of the support of a claim. Reasons
  state why readers should accept a claim and we
  base reasons on evidence
• What is the evidence for the reasons
• Evidence is the established body of facts that
  readers need to see before they accept your
  reasons.
• Conclusion