Greetings fellow malefactors,
On the argument of what constitutes good or bad evidence when reasearching topics for essays, I find a few things are helpful when determining what is good or bad.
First off, I try to determine whether the articles I read are truly informative or given to sensationalism of the times and issues. That's always a deal breaker for me when research for a topic turns into a wide array of high-strung emotions printed in article form.
Secondly, I look to whether the article supports or contradicts my general thesis for the paper. So that excludes papers rife with fallacies. In my reasearch, I've found an article stating a thesis contrary to my own ideas, but despite that, the article stated several things which support its opposite in the debate. Obviously, there were some issues there.
Thirdly, I try to shy away from seeking personal experience as evidence due to its highly ambiguous validity. Wrapped in emotionalism and not easily persuasive to certain groups of people, personal experience can easily be fabricated in order to support an argument or else be over generalized in order to sway an audience. As such, I usually do not find it too helpful in my own research.
Thank you for reading, fellow readers advocating reading!
Blessed be!
Great post thank you for sheding some light and input on how to detemine weather evidence is good or bad. I do agree you should not go off of personal experence due to the fact that emotions are involced and you might not be able to see if from anothers point of view due to your own oppinion.
ReplyDeletegood approach you are taking in looking for articles for your Doc 2
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your second statement. I have read many articles that oppose my research while also providing me with information to back-up my research. I raises a red flag for me and I typically decide not to use them.
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