Exercise #2:
I'm on my way to school.(1) I left five minutes late.(2) Traffic is heavy.(3) Therefore, I'll be late for class.(4) So I might as well stop and get breakfast.(5)
Argument: Yes this is an argument.
Conclusion: I'm late for class, so I might as well stop for breakfast.
Additional premises needed? I would elaborate more by adding a sentence before sentence five to explain why being late to class after eating breakfast is just the same as going straight to class already late.
Identify any subargument: Sentences 1,2, and 3 are subarguments, Sentence 4 is the result of the three, and Sentence 5 is the conclusion.
Good argument? This is a good argument because the premise is clear and it validates the conclusion.
I found this exercise to be useful because I had to break down the argument. After breaking it down, I could clearly identify the essentials that every good argument should have. Then I was able to check the validity and effectiveness of the argument. This exercise definitely helped me understand how to analyze an argument better.
I like your post. I feel like this was an easier argument to do because I didn't know how to do mine. haha. Well, I don't know about the Identify any subargument part because that one confused me. Everything else looks good and easy to understand. I'm glad you found this exercise to be useful when you need to separate the arguments and stuff. I agree with elaborating the sentences because it seemed very vague and didn't have much details in these sentences. I also agree with adding details on why the person was going to be late for class. Did she/he overslept or what happened. Yeah, good work by the way. Keep it up. =)
ReplyDeleteHello Ralph Lauren,
ReplyDeleteNice choice of argument to analyze. Your analysis is broken down and easy to comprehend. This exercise is pretty self explanatory but I agree with you that there should be more explanation of why one should skip school to get breakfast is of equal value as being late for class. There should be at least one more if not a few more premises to explain it. The premises are clear and it does validates the conclusion but the argument would be more stronger if there were more explanation behind the reason of the conclusion. All in all this was a good analysis.