Exercise #2
1.)I'm on my way to school. 2.)I left five minutes late. 3.)Traffic is heavy. 4.)Therefore, I'll be late for class. 5.)So I might as well stop and get breakfast.
Is it an Argument? Yes, this is an argument but not a very strong one.
Conclusion: I believe number number 4 is the conclusion to the argument. "Therefore, I'll be late for class" tells us the outcome of what waking up late did to the student. The other statements just give us some description of what they will do next and some factors that made them late to class.
Additional Premises? Although these premises already given help the argument there could sill be more factors that we as the reader do not know about such as the alarm was set five minutes later, or the clocks in the house were set slow making the student leave on time but actually late on real time. It is always possible to add or find more details to the premises.
Identifying any Sub-Arguments: I would say that numbers 1, 2, 3, and 5 are the sub arguments and they all support claim #4.
Good Argument? In the long run I do not believe this is a very good argument, granted it is one just not a strong one.
This exercise helped me out a lot when it comes to analyzing arguments and digging deeper to understand all the factors that go into one. Before I did this exercise I would never have done something like this with any argument but now I am glad I know.
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I strongly agree with the way you did your analysis for exercises 2. You did a very good job at showing that you understood what we had to do for this exercises. You can tell that you took your time to answer each and every question in detail and gave good reasoning behind each answer. I really thought that this exercise also helped me as well to better understand how an argument should be written in order to have it be a strong argument. Because like you said, before doing this exercise, I would have never picked apart an argument the way is showed us to. Good job!
ReplyDeleteI really like the organization of the exercise. You separated each section into a separate part which made it easy to read and easy to understand. You effectively showed how you understand the concept and showed you put effort in working out the problem. I agree with your answer for exercise two. I like how detailed each of your answers is. Sometimes it's hard to distinguish what is what but you clearly showed you understood it. I thought this exercise was helpful because it allowed for us to make sure we understand all the concepts and find each of the concepts we learned in the sentences.
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