Thursday, November 17, 2011
Your at fault! I think....
Reading through the subsection of Mission Critical's website, "Introduction to Casual Arguments" was extremely helpful in further understanding the complexities of casual reasoning because it showcased different examples and points made in cause and effect situations. For example, in the text, an illegally parked truck has caused a bicycle to cause a series of traffic accidents. Or did it? This text reasoned how a multiple amount of factors could've led to the car accident that followed the bicycle's turn. The first car could have had a past of causing traffic jams because of their sporadic braking or the second car could have been going over the speed limit at the time of the collision. Thus, the strength of casual arguments rely on three factors: how acceptable or demonstrable the implied comparison is, how likely the case of causation seems to be, and how credible the "only significant difference" is. These strengths and prime example has taught me how to be careful in my future endeavors in casual reasoning.
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Hey illestv:). First of all, I really love how creative you are with your titling of posts:). But, that's beside the point. Your post was very thoughtful and showed critical thinking. You took what the website said and further explained it into what you thought it meant. I never took into consideration your first two factors that determine the strength of a causal argument. Taking into all three factors is important in arguments because it touches all aspects of an argument: acceptable, likelihood, credibility. By looking at these factors, one would make a stronger and a more valid argument because most arguments are often discredited due to these kinds of overlooked factors. Great job on your post and keep up the good work:).
ReplyDeleteI also found the introduction to casual arguments to be very helpful and interesting to read. It is hard to know sometimes the exact cause of an effect because there can be so many different perspectives and interpretations of a situation. The example of the cause of the traffic accident was the perfect example to emphasize this uncertainty. Each person can lead to another new cause that another person had no idea of. That is why it is important to rely on the three facts to determine the strength of casual arguments. I enjoyed reading your blog, good job!
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