In an earlier post, I called for the death of the arguable thesis (http://jrosspeters.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/death-to-the-arguable-thesis-before-we-argue-lets-believe/). In short, I asserted that we should teach our students to discover a belief before we allow them to worry about whether their claim is arguable. Several of the responses to the piece echoed a similar […]
Death to the “Arguable” Thesis: Before We Argue, Let’s Believe
“Have you come up with a thesis yet?” “No, I haven’t even started. I’ll get to it tonight or early tomorrow morning.” “Yeah, I am great under the gun. I write so much better when the pressure is on!” “I can make up something in time.” […]