Friday, March 4, 2011
Needs some repair...
This week’s discussion covered violating the principal of a rational discussion. Many arguments are not strong and are invalid because there is a part of the argument that needs to be repaired. They can be repaired by adding a premise or conclusion to make the argument stronger. An argument such as “Kevin Durant is good at basketball because he has many awards” needs to be repaired for many reasons. It is not a strong or valid argument. Just because Kobe has awards does not mean he is good at basketball. The awards could have been given to him for different reasons bedsides his basketball skills. The argument can be repaired by saying “Kevin Durant is good at basketball because he has many awards for his performance on the basketball court”. The more specific the arguer is the better.Now there is a plausible premise and the argument is strong and valid.
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This was a great example of a bad example that needed to be repaired. There are many different reasons that an argument would need to be repaired and this is one of them. One of the other reasons that an argument needs to be repaired consist of there is no conclusion to the actual argument. "A person with a deep cut needs stitches. Daniel has a deep cut." This is an example of an argument that needs a conclusion. Great job on showing an argument that needs to be repaired by being a little bit more specific in order to make the argument stronger.
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