What’s on the Stasis Theory poster
A 4-row table: Stasis · The question.
Four questions, in order. Settle each before the next.
- Fact — Did it happen? Does it exist?
- Definition — What kind of thing is it?
- Quality — How serious or justified is it?
- Policy — What should be done about it?
Arguments stall when one side is at definition and the other at policy. Name the stasis you are in, and you halve the disagreement.
Questions about the Stasis Theory poster
- What’s on the Stasis Theory poster?
- A 4-row table: Stasis · The question. Four questions, in order. Settle each before the next. Fact — Did it happen? Does it exist?; Definition — What kind of thing is it?; Quality — How serious or justified is it?; Policy — What should be done about it?. Arguments stall when one side is at definition and the other at policy. Name the stasis you are in, and you halve the disagreement.
- Who is the Stasis Theory poster for?
- Stasis Theory belongs to the Communications & Media section rather than to a school year, because humanities is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning rhetoric & argument can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Stasis Theory poster?
- When a debate is going nowhere because the sides are answering different questions. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Stasis Theory belongs on the wall where that humanities work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Stasis Theory?
- Kinds of Claim, The Five Canons and Deduction & Induction sit alongside Stasis Theory in the Communications & Media section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Kinds of ClaimThe Five CanonsDeduction & Induction
- Is the Stasis Theory poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Stasis Theory downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Communications & Media section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Stasis Theory poster print at?
- Stasis Theory is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Stasis Theory loses nothing.Printing guide
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