Post 3

Chapter eight was all about general claims. But what are general claims? It was hard figuring out what exactly they were from the reading. This whole chapter was confusing for me from what the definition of to how general claims are disputed. It seems to me that all claims can be general, so why devote a whole chapter to general claims? I was wondering what the chapter means with all the formulas of if P, then Q or something like this. I mean this is not math class, where we need to know formulas. I never knew there was so much in depth analysis of speech. This chapter has really opened up the idea that speech can be so fully disected. I am just a little confused on the effectiveness of this chapter (and maybe this book). What is the importance of being able to disect general claims. I am already aware of bad speeches, just listen to our politicans.