BOLD FACE TERMS

[Lakshminarayan]

Hi Ron

I've been doing these Boldface CR questions for a while now.

can you explain what's the difference between the below mentioned terms

1.CLAIM
2. POSITION
3. JUDGEMENT

Thanks in advance

[RonPurewal]

a claim is basically any statement that's not factual. opinions, predictions, hypotheses, judgments, etc.
note that the other two categories you've mentioned-- position and judgment-- are subsumed under this category.

[RonPurewal]

position = the side someone takes on an issue.
normally, if someone takes a position in an argument, that position will be the conclusion of the argument.

judgment = an evaluation of something. (e.g., "this is a good/bad decision"; "this plan is/isn't likely to succeed"; etc.)

as you can tell, these two are closely related to each other.
the main difference is that a "position" is normally a side taken by someone who is personally involved in a situation (or who cares deeply about it), while a "judgment" is usually emotionally detached.
you will not have to make such distinctions on this exam, of course.

[Lakshminarayan]

thanks Ron :)

Also I would like to thank you for your STUDY HALL SESSIONS ( especially SC). I've gone through BOLD FACE QUESTIONS session also which helped me a lot.

Thank you

[RonPurewal]

cool, glad you find them useful.