There
was a lot of information given in chapter six. I learned a lot about
premises, conclusions, deductive arguments, inductive arguments and
so much more. I think the most interesting piece of information that
I have learned though would be about breaking down and diagramming
arguments. I have never really thought about diagramming an argument
and didn't know how technical it could get. I like how there were
three steps to breaking the argument. Like the first step would be to
bracket the propositions, identify the conclusion, and identify the
premises. Then to diagram the argument you would put the premises in
circles with numbers in them on the top whether they are independent
or dependent premises and then put the conclusion in the bottom.
After that it would even get more technical with subconclusions,
unstated conclusions and the usage of lines to connect premises. All
of this information intrigued me.
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