The Reasoning Is A Logical Argument

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In this argument, the author endorses that…To support this conclusion, the author reasons that…the author also points out that…An additional reason given in support of this recommendation is that…In my point of view, neither of these reasons provides sufficient support for the conclusion while this argument suffers three serious logical flaws. (although the author’s argument appears to be somewhat convincing at first glance)
The most obvious question about this argument is that…
Another flaw that undermines the argument is that…
Last but not least, ….also weaken the logic of this arugument.
In conclusion, the author fails to substantiate his claim that …As it stands, the reasoning does not constitute a logical argument in favor of the recommendation. To make the argument more convincing, the author would have to provide evidence to prove that.... In order to solidify the conclusion and to be more persuasive, the author would have to proof that…

第一宗罪:无因果联系 (前后发生 , 不一定有因果联系 , AS WELL AS 同时发生的东东)
The author commits a fallacy of causal relationship. The line of the reasoning is that because A occurred before B, the former event is responsible for the latter. (The author uses the positive correlation between A and B to establish causality. However, the fact that A coincides with B does not necessarily prove that A caused B.) But this is fallacious reasoning unless other possible causal explanations have been considered and ruled out. For example, perhaps C is the cause of these events or perhaps B is caused by D.

第二宗罪 样本不足 Insufficient-sample ( a short time 所得出的不能代表长期情况 &一个例子不能得出普遍结论)
The evidence the author provides is insufficient to support the conclusion drawn from it. One example is logically unsounded to establish a general conclusion (The statistics from only a few recent years are not necessarily a good indicator of future trends), unless it can be shown that A1 is representative of all A. It is possible that.... In fact, in face of such limited evidence, the conclusion that B is completely unwarranted.

第三宗罪: 错误类比 (based on a false analogy )<横向>
The argument rests on the assumption that A is analogous to B in all respects. This assumption is weak, since although there are points of comparison between A and B, there is much dissimilarity as well. For example, A..., however, B.... Thus, it is likely much more difficult for B to do....

第四宗罪 时地全等 all things are equal<纵向>
The author commits the fallacy of “all things are equal”. The fact that happened two years ago is not a sound evidence to draw a conclusion that.... The author assumes without justification that the background conditions have remained the same at different times or at different locations. However, it is not clear in this argument whether the current conditions at AA are the same as they used to be two years ago. Thus it is impossible to conclude that....

第五宗罪 二者择一 Either-Or choice
The author assumes that AA and BB are mutually exclusive alternatives and there is no room for a middle ground. However, the author provides no reason for imposing an either-or choice. Common sense tells us that adjusting both AA and BB might produce better results.

第六宗罪 可疑调查 survey is doubtful
The poll cited by the author is too vague to be informative. The claim does not indicate who conducted the poll, who responded, or when, where and how the poll was conducted. (Lacking information about the number of people surveyed and the number of respondents, it is impossible to access the validity of the results. For example, if 200 persons were surveyed but only 2 responded, the conclusion that...would be highly suspect. Because the argument offers no evidence that would rule out this kind of interpretations,) Until these questions are answered, the results of the survey are worthless as evidence for the conclusion.

第七宗罪 结论无据 gratuitous assumption
The author falsely depends on gratuitous assumption that.... However, no evidence