Saturday, March 5, 2011

Discussion Question #1

Argument: "John Smith is not going to have to have a cast put on his ankle. Only people with broken ankles need casts."

Explanation: Although this argument has good premises and it is also a valid argument it still needs to be repaired. It does not have a conclusion to go along with and connect to the premises. In order to repair this argument you must add a conclusion such as "John Smith does not have a broken ankle." Adding this conclusion would repair the argument and would connect the two premises. It would also make the argument much stronger.

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