In the set 6 quiz you made some assessments about the degree of
support that a basis gives a claim. Now let's show your basis box
assessments on a Rationale Reasoning map.
Exercise 1
1.
Drag this map onto your workspace and evaluate just the basis box (leave the
reason and position as they are for now).
![Drag this onto the workspace](grandpa.gif)
Drag this image onto the
workspace to proceed. You must be using the inbuilt
browser in Rationale 1.3 or later.
Hints
- Read down the map to understand the argument, then evaluate only the
basis box
- Ask yourself: how reliable is this source of information? And what support does this basis
provide for the claim above it?
- We're not asking whether Grandpa did say it - we're asking whether his saying it is sufficient evidence for us to believe it
- Don't be too gullible - Grandpa's recalling something that happened
nearly 80 years ago when he was a boy
- Don't be excessively skeptical - we shouldn't assume Grandpa's
feeble-minded or a liar without evidence for that
- Select the basis box, go to the 'Evaluate' section of the ribbon and
click the box that reflects your assessment
- Note: if icons and coloring don't appear on your map, go to the 'View' ribbon and
check the 'shading' and
'markers' boxes.
2. Check your work against the model.
![Next](../_derived/next_cmp_capsules000_next.gif)
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