My neighbor should be forced to get rid of all the cars in his yard. 1 People do not like living next door to such a mess. 2 He never drives any of them. 3 They all look old and beat up and leak oil all over the place. 4 It is bad for the neighborhood, and it will decrease property values. 5
Argument? (yes or no) Yes.
Conclusion: My neighbor should be forced to get rid of all the cars in his yard.
Additional premises needed? If people do not like to live next to a mess, with beat up old cars that never get driven, then the neighbor should be forced to get rid of all the cars.
Identify any sub argument: 2, 3 and 4 are independent and support 1. And 5 supports the conclusion, 1.
Good argument? Yes I believe it is.
I think this exercise was useful. It helped me identify all the components of the argument; which also helped me understand it better. I think it's important to be able to depict the structure of an argument because it will allow me to analyze more complex arguments.
Hello Kalem!
ReplyDeleteI used the same sentence as you in my structure of arguments. YAY! I am a little confused regarding the "additional premises needed" part. I think the "additional premises needed" part is suppose to add another reason to why the neighbor should be forced to remove his cars. Not a restatement of the conclusion. That was the part I was confused about. Overall, very clear and straight forward. I also believe this exercise was useful and helped me identify the components. Great minds think alike. haha. Additionally, good job on this post it. Its almost the same as my post on my blog. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! :]
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Hey Kaleb I think this is the first time on your blog! Anyways, your post about structures of argument was really simple and easy to read. I liked how your explanations of each point was very effective. With my example, I was very confused on how I could add additional premise, but with your example it seemed very simple. I noticed that you used an if/then statement to make your argument stronger. I believe that your argument was a strong and valid argument, especially with the premise you added. You did a great job on identifying the sub arguments and found a way to add a premise.
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