The Language of Argument
8 3 Dissecting the Argument Clarifying Crucial Terms After the essential premises and conclusion are isolated, we often need to ...
8 4 cH A Pt eR 5 ■ D e e p A n a l y s i s steps are easier to follow than complex ones, we can understand the argu- ment better ...
8 5 Arranging Subarguments Socialism is doomed to failure because it does not provide the incentives that are needed for a prosp ...
8 6 cH A Pt eR 5 ■ D e e p A n a l y s i s form a chain of simpler arguments that culminate in the ultimate conclusion, but only ...
8 7 A r r a n g i n g su b a r g u m e n t s Although it is often illuminating to break an argument into stages and arrange them ...
8 8 cH A Pt eR 5 ■ D e e p A n a l y s i s Although this argument has two premises, it does not give two separate reasons for it ...
8 9 A r r a n g i n g su b a r g u m e n t s the premises and conclusions. Give each different claim a different number. When tw ...
9 0 cH A Pt eR 5 ■ D e e p A n a l y s i s The BLM says its hands are tied. Why? Because these lands were set aside subject to “ ...
9 1 so m e st a n d a r d s f o r ev a l u a t i n g A r g u m e n t s argument for assuming something that it does not really n ...
9 2 cH A Pt eR 5 ■ D e e p A n a l y s i s Contrast this example with a different argument: (1) All senators are paid. (2) Sam i ...
9 3 so m e st a n d a r d s f o r ev a l u a t i n g A r g u m e n t s Now compare this argument: (1) Either Joe or Jack or Jim ...
9 4 cH A Pt eR 5 ■ D e e p A n a l y s i s father and no fathers are female. This example makes it obvious that validity is not ...
9 5 so m e st a n d a r d s f o r ev a l u a t i n g A r g u m e n t s If George lives in Crawford, then George lives in Texas. ...
9 6 cH A Pt eR 5 ■ D e e p A n a l y s i s Suppressed Premises Now that we understand validity and soundness, we can use those s ...
9 7 su p p r e s s e d P r e m i s e s Traditionally, logicians have called premises that are not stated but are needed (to make ...
9 8 cH A Pt eR 5 ■ D e e p A n a l y s i s reason, more people will see the force of the first argument (about Franklin) than th ...
9 9 su p p r e s s e d P r e m i s e s be true for the conclusion to follow from the premises. This process of making everything ...
1 0 0 cH A Pt eR 5 ■ D e e p A n a l y s i s husbands are men and wives are women. We do not usually state these lin- guistic pr ...
1 0 1 su p p r e s s e d P r e m i s e s On the other hand, suppressed premises can also be used improperly. People sometimes su ...
1 0 2 cH A Pt eR 5 ■ D e e p A n a l y s i s The Method of Reconstruction We can summarize the discussion so far by listing the ...
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