3). Pick one concept from either text, not already discussed, that you found useful or interesting and discuss it. Use either Chapter 6 or Chapter 7.
One concept i found very helpful to help in arguments is reasoning. There are two concepts that helped me understand this throughly. Reasoning in a chain and the slippery slope and reasoning from hypotheses.
Reasoning in a chain and the slippery slope is important because you take step by step when concluding an argument. Reasoning in a chain is easy to understand, for example: If A is true then we can conclude C. However, using this form isn't always accurate. This can cause the chain to form a slippery slope conclusion. For example: If A then B + C... therefore D. The claim is false, the second one may be false or true, and so on, however, your reason to believe that the conclusion becomes doubtful because each claim becomes more and more doubtful.
Reasoning from hypotheses is a little more clear cut. Starting with a hypotheses to make a good argument. If A then B.
Thanks for choosing to discuss that topic it has been very helpful to understand what a slippery slope is as well as reasoning in a chain. It had been a bit hard to follow what was meant in the text book but having to read it from your post on your blog it has helped me much. Now it seem funny how I had not understood slippery sloped at the begging when it is very clear now. While the hypotheses reasoning speaks for itself It can be a bit fuzzy to fallow the book and understanding what they mean.
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