Week 4 - 2 of 3

For chapter 7, the topic that I find most interesting and useful is the section on raising objections. I found this helpful because it is the most common way to determine if an argument is bad. In order to do so, another argument must be made to question the premises, show that a premise is dubious, or show why the argument is weak. An example of raising objections with an argument would be: Ally wants to get another credit card. She says that by getting another one she can pay off the first credit that she maxed out. Ally says that by paying off her old credit card with another one she will build her credit score back up. Billy says thats not a good idea. He says that while Ally is paying off her old credit card that she will get behind on payments with the new one and will be in debt all over again. And also he brings up the fact that she was in debt to begin with because of her addiction to shopping and a new credit card will not help the addiction. This example shows an argument being argued by a counterargument. Ally wants a new credit card but Billy says that getting a credit card is not a good idea because of multiple reasons.