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$10.00 ARGUMENT EVALUATION- Resource: Appendix 1 of Critical Thinking

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Read the article “Controlling Irrational Fears After 9/11” on pp. 456-458 of Appendix 1.

Identify at least two arguments in the article. Outline the premises and conclusions of each argument you find. Then, answer the following questions for each argument, making sure to explain how you arrived at your answers.
o Do the premises sufficiently support the conclusions?
o Are the arguments either deductively valid or inductively strong, or are they invalid or weak?
o Are the premises true or plausibly true, or are they difficult to prove?

Note that you may choose to evaluate invalid or weak arguments as long as you describe how they are invalid or weak.
 
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Preview: ... omplishment. <br> However, this argument is a weak one, as it can't prove that by using this method the true result could be obtained. The premises add probability to the conclusion. You never know what would have happened in case of implying new ideas rather than the existing ones. The premises also can be described as plausibly true because it is possible or likely to be true. Comparing the probable choice of implementing new practices with the existing solution, it shows the argument inductive reasoning. <br><br>II Argument<br> But does the sheer size of the loss of life warrants the reaction we saw? Clearly sheer numbers do not always impress us. It is unlikely, for example, that many Americans remember that earlier in 2001, an earthquake in Gujarat, India, killed approximately 20,000 people. One might explain the difference in reaction by saying that we naturally respond ...

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Preview: ... also go as far as saying this argument is deductively sound because I know for a fact that the premise is true.<br><br>Are the premises true or plausibly true, or are they difficult to prove? <br>The premise in this argument is true. It is a fact that the very nature of terrorism is not only to cause immediate damage but also to strike fear in the hearts of the population under attack.<br><br><br>Argument 2<br><br>In fact, well after it was confirmed that no more than 3,000 people had died, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld still talked about over 5,000 deaths on 9/11. So the actual number seems to be less consequence than one might have believed<br><br>D ...

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Preview: ... ent.   I believe this argument is invalid, because Terrorist attacks are planned with time and organization with advance in order reach their target and to create fear.   On the other hand, a car accident is not planned.   It may just happen all of a sudden, and one part may be responsible for the accident but cannot be accused of intentionally doing it or planning in advance.             2). Second argument:   Suggest the relation between of the “ malice ” of the terrorists of the 9/11 attack and 15,000 homicides that occur every year in the United States.   Premise: “One might say that it was the malice of the perpetrators that makes the 9/11 deaths so noteworthy, ...

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