The Chapter 15 reading and the causal argument reading that we did go, hand in hand with each other. They both explain how a causal argument works and gave step by step examples that went along with their explanations. The one thing that the book talks about a little more in detail about is the necessary criteria for cause and effect. There are six things that must happen/be true in order for a causal argument to be produced. The six things are the cause happened, the effect happened, the cause precedes the effect, it is nearly impossible for the cause to happen and the effect not to happen, the cause makes a difference, and lastly that there is no common cause. Although the other reading stated these as well I think that the book did a better job of explaining each of them and why you must have these things in order to have a causal argument.
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