Thursday, October 7, 2010
Counter Arguments
One of the things we do when we argue with other people is we raise objections. We raise objections when we think an argument is bad. In other words we are making another argument that questions the other argument and trying to prove it is bad. " Everyone should buy a Prius. Prius saves more gas than most cars. The Prius is also good for the environment." A person that would raise objections would then say. " The Prius is too expensive. The Prius is not good for big families. The Prius also have high maintenance costs." One of the others things I learned about was refuting an argument. According to Epstein, the three direct ways of refuting an argument are show that at least one of the premises is dubious, show that the argument isn't valid or strong, and lastly show the conclusion is fake. One of the other ways to refute an argument is indirectly in which you have to reduce to the absurd. In order to this you must that the some of claims are false and dubious and then draw an unwanted conclusion.
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I liked the example you used when explaining counter-arguments and raising objectives. It was really relatable and I’ve personally heard people talk about Prius’s in that way before. I have a friend who consistently raises objectives and it does get really frustrating at times. It does make sense that raising objectives is to show that arguments are bad. I have also seen objectives being raised when an argument is actually strong/valid to begin with. While watching the news I’ve seen commentators and other people who often start disputing facts and start raising objectives on something factual just because they don’t agree with it.
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