Clone Wars, reference and inference
Jan. 18th, 2009 09:09 pmDaniel: So, Obi Wan says to Anakin, "This is your plan: fly through the battlefield, hope we don't get spotted, and then fly in the back door?" And you can tell by the way he says, "hope we don't get spotted," that he really doesn't think it's such a good plan.
Me: Yes! You can infer from the way he says that he hopes they won't get spotted that Obi Wan doesn't think Anakin has such a good plan. That's good reasoning.
I was proud both of Daniel for the inference (at least I think it's a good example of that skill?) and of myself for recognizing it, thanks to
velvetpage's entry on the subject.
Me: Yes! You can infer from the way he says that he hopes they won't get spotted that Obi Wan doesn't think Anakin has such a good plan. That's good reasoning.
I was proud both of Daniel for the inference (at least I think it's a good example of that skill?) and of myself for recognizing it, thanks to