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365DaysOfPhilosophy 208 — Argument Mapping III
Answers to the previous day’s exercises you can find on Patreon.com/kyliesturgess.
The final form of argument mapping I’m describing is called linked arguments.
Rather like convergent arguments, there’s two or more reasons for the conclusions, but this time, the reasons are dependent upon each other.
For example,
(1) Today is a weekend day. (2) It is not Sunday. (3) Therefore, today is Saturday.
This argument has one conclusion: ‘Therefore, today is Saturday’. It also has two reasons but these reasons do not work independently of each other. Since the reasons work together to justify the conclusion we diagram the argument like this:
1 + 2
↓
3
Figuring out as to whether the argument is linked or convergent depends on looking at the reasons separately. For example, if we removed either (1) or (2), could we still get the same answer?
Without (2), we could not adequately defend whether the day is Saturday or Sunday. Without (1), it could be any day of the week besides Sunday, and so could not support the conclusion either.
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Answers to the previous day’s exercises you can find on Patreon.com/kyliesturgess.
The final form of argument mapping I’m describing is called linked arguments.
Rather like convergent arguments, there’s two or more reasons for the conclusions, but this time, the reasons are dependent upon each other.
For example,
(1) Today is a weekend day. (2) It is not Sunday. (3) Therefore, today is Saturday.
This argument has one conclusion: ‘Therefore, today is Saturday’. It also has two reasons but these reasons do not work independently of each other. Since the reasons work together to justify the conclusion we diagram the argument like this:
1 + 2
↓
3
Figuring out as to whether the argument is linked or convergent depends on looking at the reasons separately. For example, if we removed either (1) or (2), could we still get the same answer?
Without (2), we could not adequately defend whether the day is Saturday or Sunday. Without (1), it could be any day of the week besides Sunday, and so could not support the conclusion either.