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Week 2 Discussion
Evaluating an Argument in a Source (5pts)
Using the same topic that you chose in Week 1, find a source that presents an argument on one side of the topic you chose. Your source here does not have to be scholarly, but perhaps an article that you find in a web source (such as an opinion piece for a newspaper). Please respond to this discussion question by doing the following:
(1) Present what you see as the main argument made by the source. Make sure to put the argument in standard form, with the premises listed above the conclusion.
(2) Evaluate the quality of the argument, including addressing the following questions:
Discuss the truth of the premises. Are they well supported by the article or other cited sources? Are any controversial premises merely assumed to be true?
Discuss the quality of the reasoning. Is the argument valid? If so, explain why. If not, explain a way that it would be logically possible for the premises to be true and the conclusion false.
If it is not valid, what premise or premises could be added to make it valid? Is this missing premise an assumption that the article makes? Is someone with an opposing point of view likely to agree with that missing premise?
Please note: Not all arguments are intended to be valid (we will discuss inductive reasoning next week).
If you suspect that this is the case with the argument you have chosen, you can indicate this in your post.
Just indicate what premises could be added to link the premises to the conclusion as strongly as possible.
Deductive Reasoning
As you begin thinking about your response to the discussion question for this week, it is important to take into consideration the difference between deductive reasoning and other types of argumentative reasoning. For this week's discussion question, you should attempt to present an argument on one side of your chosen topic that uses deductive reasoning. For arguments that use deductive reasoning, if all the premises are true, and the conclusion follows from these premises, then the conclusion must be true. Inductive reasoning, on the other hand, is when a set of premises results in a conclusion that may or may not be true. In other words, for inductive reasoning, even if all the premises are true, the conclusion is at best only probably true, but never necessarily true. This is so because the premises in inductive reasoning refer to all of information now in the present, up to this point. For now all the premises are true; however, someone may discover something new later that infers that the conclusion is false. In general, the conclusion of a inductive argument makes a statement that goes beyond the information given in the premise, whereas, in deductive reasoning, the conclusion only explicitly restates all the information already contained in the premises. Hope this helps.
Deductive Arguments in Standard Form
When putting arguments into standard form, it is important to remember that deductive arguments begin with premises and then draw a conclusion that logically follows from these premises, for instance:
PREMISE 1: If it rains, then the grass grow.
PREMISE 2: It rained.
CONCLUSION: Therefore, the grass will grow.
As you can see from the above example of a deductive argument, if all of the premises are true, then the conclusion also must be true. Or to put it another way, the conclusion cannot possibly be false as long as the premises are true.
Topic: What type of diet is most beneficial for long-term health
This is the website for the article: Rd, C. S. M. (2022, October 26). What to Eat to Help You Live Longer and Healthier. Health. https://www.health.com/nutrition/longevity-diet
