Claims and Warrants

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Claims and Warrants

• 30 January 2008

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Review Claims

• A claim is
• what the arguer wants the audience to believe or
  accept
• the authors thesis statement
• Brainstorm
• How can we identify the authors claim?

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Whats a Warrant?

• The warrant is the link between the claim and the
  grounds.
• In other words, the warrant tells us whether or
  not we should believe the authors claim.
• If the warrant is faulty, then the entire
  argument has a problem.
• Think back to the WWF example from last week

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WWF Example

• Claim WWF is fake (factual claim).
• Grounds The results are never reported in the
  Sports section of the newspaper.
• Warrant Only the results of legitimate sports
  are published in the newspaper (argument from
  authority underlying presumption
• Is this warrant strong? Or can you see
  problemsand counterarguments?

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