Ex: Some of the smoothies at Jamba Juice are good.
This statement is a general claim because now the reader must think and try to figure out the following: Which of the drinks are good? How many of the drinks are good? and etc.
It is important to be able to recognize general claims so that you can think about what you are judging before you actually accept claim as true or false. Because people would assume the statement as true just because of the use of the terms "all", or "some", but a critical thinker would interpret the claim in ambiguous ways to determine is truth value.
I like your explanation of general claims, just as it is used in the book. You also do a good step by step of what a vague general claim is. On a side note I think most of the smoothies at Jamba Juice are excellent. I usually go for the razzmatazz. However one of my favorites is to get the fresh juice. You do half of carrot juice and half of orange juice and it blends so well and taste so good. I thought it would be kinda gross to begin with but I tried it just for fun and was blown away. So definitely try the half orange half carrot of fresh juice, you won’t regret it!
ReplyDeleteI like your example of vague general claims. I here that a lot from people claiming that some of the drinks or meals at a restaurant or like you mentioned Jamba Juice was good. However they do not mention which meals or drinks that they found to be good at those locations that I might have asked about. Before reading about vague claims I never realized how frequent I hear people making these types of claims. People do make claims using some without mentioning how many or which ones. Also they say some but might not even mean some but can actually mean one and just over exaggerate. I have found this to be the case a few times.
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