Claims vs Arguments Essay

Claims is defined as, a statement asserts something to be the case or not the case (Critical Thinking Issues, Claims, Arguments, 2011), which is consistent with the definition given by Wood (2012,Topic 1,p.7), which states that a claim is an assertion or demand for acquaintance of a truth, an example of a claim is Organizational behavior is an requisite suit. And I agreed with the two definitions on claims because, based on my individual(prenominal) follow out as a former team fellow member of my colleges debate team, everyone is allowed to make claims over the subject that was chosen to be debated.On the other hand, an business line is defined as, sets of propositions (claims/statements) which contain premises that ar offered to support the truth of a conclusion (May,2010), or in another(prenominal) words, it means trying to convince each other on things we tiret agree on (Critical Thinking Issues, Claims, Arguments, 2011). Using the above example, others may not agree on my claim and say Organization demeanour is not an substantial subject, this is where an logical argument begins and to support it, there are 3 ways to do so, supporting an argument with authority, show and a persuasive writing style.Supporting an argument with authority means, To bolster an argument is to use the word of an expert, (Roberts, 2010). However, there are pros and cons to this statement, the pros are because he/she is an expert, and has been in his area of speciality for many years, therefore, his/her words can be reliable and can be used to support an argument. But not for pushting that the words he/she said could be based on his/her personal judgment and could contain certain level of biasness. For example, Organisational Behaviour is an essential subject because my lecturers said so, this may not be convincing enough.To further raise your argument, it needs to be supported with evidences, such as facts personal experience or an actual event. A strong thesis als o requires consentient evidence to support and develop it because without evidence, a claim is merely an unsubstantiated idea or opinion (Indiana University Bloomington, 2010), I agree because solid evidence will provide the competitive advantage over others. For example, Organisational Behaviour is an essential subject because as a team leader in a multi-racial company, I applied what Ive learnt on managing for diversity, not only does it forestall inter-racial conflicts, it also improves the companys productivity. This is obviously a better argument compared to earlier argument.Lastly, after gathering all evidence, we need to try to get the readers to agree on our argument this is where persuasive writing style comes in handy. According to Landsberger (1996), in persuasive writing, we try to convince others to agree with our facts, allocate our values, accept our argument and conclusion.CONCLUSIONIn conclusion, the difference is that claims are statements make by someone on a certain issue, whereas an argument occurs when others do not agree and wishes to argue with their own claims. An argument needs to be support with authority, evidences and persuasive writing, evidences is the most important factor in my opinion as arguments are mostly based on facts, and facts needs to be accurate and be related to the argument as much as possible.