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4. Thesis. A proposition laid down or stated, esp. as a theme to be discussed and proved, or to be maintained against attack (in Logic sometimes as distinct from hypothesisn. 2, in Rhetoric from antithesisn. 3a); a statement, assertion, tenet. Hypothesis. A supposition in general; something supposed or assumed to be true without proof or conclusive evidence; an assumption.

8. Some Problems with the Bully Thesis • It limits what students can write about. • It reinforces simplistic ideas about the nature of knowledge. • It suggests that deductive reasoning is the best method of solving complicated problems.

9. Is Elvis dead? What does the enduring belief among some that Elvis is still alive say about the nature of celebrity in our culture?

10. “Questions arise from partial knowledge and not complete ignorance.” Sintonen, “Reasoning to Hypothesis: Where do Questions Come?

11. Know little Questions of fact or definition: What is known? What is it? What good is it? (Value) What is the best explanation? (Hypothesis) What is the relationship? (Analogy and Comparison) What should be done? (Policy) What does it mean (Interpretation) What do the facts suggest is true? (Proposition) Know a lot

12. Open (to find out) Direct (to prove or explain) How do I know what I think until I see what I say? I know what I think, now how can I say it? Question Purpose Arrangement Invention “Essay” Thesis-proof, Five-paragraph theme

13. Abduction

16. Portion of men whose attractiveness is judged by U.S. women to be “worse than average” : 4/5 Portion of women about whom U.S. men say this : 2/5

18. Deduction

19. Induction

20. The thesis is rhetorical not universal convention Teach questions before answers