Exercise:The Structure of Arguments
#1: 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. 4It is bad for the neighborhood, and it will decrease property values. 5
Argument? Yes there is a argument
Conclusion: It is bad for the neighborhood, and it will decrease property values.
Additional Premises needed? If the car is a collectors item and he is keeping it there must a reason why he is keeping it around. (a) How does this person know that his cars bother the other neighbors?(b)
Identify any sub arguments:1,2,3, and 4 are independent and all support 5.
Good Argument? Yes, this is a good argument, it could be stronger but it is good.
Overall I do believe that this exercise was helpful. It really encouraged me to take my time and look at the details of the sentence like if it had any additional premises . I understand the concept much more now.
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I really like the organization of your exercise. You took it straight of the book but it showed up really clearly on the blog. I like how you distinguished the different contents the book was looking for such as: argument, conclusion, etc. by bolding the terms. Also how you bolded the numbers in the sentence was helpful. You answered all the questions very clearly and showed you understand the topic. When I first looked at the exercise I was not really sure how to approach the whole thing but you really showed you understand everything. I agree with you that this exercise was helpful to really make sure that we not only know the concept but fully understand it as well.
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