In chapter 8, section A: General Claims and their contradictories, there are quite a number of definitions and examples.
1. It is important that we know how to reason using general claims that asserts something.
2. The definition of all: "every single one, no exceptions" -Epstein. This means that all is meant for every single one, and there is at least one
3. The definition of some: "at least one if not all"
The concept that I found interesting is called: "general claims and their contradictories". One personal example would be: My friend Melissa told me to take a PE class with her next year in the fall. She heard from other people that the instructor gives out easy A so therefore, the instructor is easy.
^ From that example, it may seem valid, but it's not. It could be that who she heard it from is athletically fit so that's why it was such an easy A for him or her.
With the definitions from earlier, in order to get someone to believe that their arguments are true, we need to be clear what ALL and SOME mean.
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