In this argument, the author draws a conclusion that ______, which is merely based on unfounded assumption and dubious evidence. At first glance, the argument seems to be somewhat convincing, but further meditation reveals that it omits some essential concerns that should be addressed to support the argument. In my point of view, this argument suffers from N logical flaws.
In a word, the arguer fails to substantiate its assertion that ______. In addition, the arguer would have to provide more information in order to make the argument more convincing. Therefore, if the argument had considered the given factors and possibilities discussed above, it would have been more thorough and logically acceptance.
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randomicity
The results of the survey are not convincing and reliable unless the arguer illustrated a sufficient number of ______ and covered the entire spectrum ______. Firstly, (If the total number of ______ is ______, ______ would account for only a little percentage, which would weaken the persuasion of the survey.)(The argument fails to provide enough information about the absolute number of ______ and weaken the persuasion of the survey.) Furthermore, these samples are not typical and do not ensure representativeness. For instance, the result can only suggest ______, if the survey merely included ______.
There is a problem that the argument omits to indicate how recently the survey, in fact, was conducted. The survey would be convincing and reliable, only should it be close enough in time to the generalization. The less recent the survey is, the less convincing the persuasion is.
The respondents must be significant in number and typical of the whole.
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----CONDITIONS----
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The argument's indication is based on the assumption that
___A___ will result in the behavior that the arguer perdicted undoubtedly. Perhaps there are other possibilities, such as ______, might just as likely be the results of ___A___. Therefore, ___A___ is not sufficient condition for ___B___ in fact.
___A___ will cause ___B___ rather than others. Perhaps there are other factors, such as ______, might just as likely be the cause of ___B___. Therefore, ___A___ is not a necessary condition for ___B___ in fact.
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----CAUSE AND EFFECT----
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The aruger fails to establish the direct relationship between the fact that _____ and the result that ______. The argument is unconvincing and unreliable unless there is founded evidence to support the connection between the fact and the result.
The argument alleges that ______ should be responsible for ______, merely based on the fact that ______ occurred after ______. However, the sequence of these events is not sufficient for indicating that the earlier event caused the later one.
Although, there is consequence between ______ and ______. Perhaps, ______ is response to ______ by judging from our common sense.
Perhaps ______. It is possible that ______.
Without ruling out these possibilities, the argument cannot draw a conclusion.
Any of these scenarios, if true, would serve to undermine the claim.
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----RANGE----
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The argument fails to define the critical term ______. Due to the unclear definition of ______, the argument seems somewhat unconvincing.
The argument resets on the assumption that ______ is representative of ______. It is entirely possible that ______. Therefore, lacking the limitation of universe of discourse, it is hard to assess the persuasion of the argument.
The argument assumes that the nationwide statistics about ______ applies equally to ______. which is not the case, because of a variety of possiblilites, such as ______.
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----COMPERHANSIVE----
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In addition, the argument omits some possible positive/negative impacts brought by ______.
The argument's conclusion that ______ is unwarranted, because profit is a factor of not only revenue, but also costs. It is entirely possible that the opportunity costs or the cost of ______ will offset, or even exceed the revenue. Besides, there are some other possibilities, such as ______, which might prevent ______ from being as profitable in the near future as the argument prodicts.
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----FALSE ANALOGY----
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The argument alleges that ______, because ______. The arguer assumes that the trendency will remain the same at different time unconditionally. The assumption is unwarranted, because things rarely remain the original status over a long periods of time.
The argument's statement is based on what might be a poor analogy between ______ and ______, which depends on the assumption that ______ in both of them are the same. Without accounting for the differences between ______ and ______, the argument cannot prove the proposed methods will make use in ______.
There is no evidence that ______ is better than ______.
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----EITHER-OR----
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Even ______ is not the reason of ______, the argument falsely assumes that ______ is responsible for ______, because the "either-or" argument is unwarranted which ignors other possiblities of ______.
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----HASTY GENERALIZATION----
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The argument commmits a fallacy of hasty generalization.
Monday, August 4, 2008
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