Monday, August 2, 2010

The usefulness of the Cause and Effect website.

In the cause and effect website, what I found useful was: Inductive reasoning. I find this interesting because when people are arguing over a situation, they tend to base on observed instances. Like the website mentioned, the accident between the biker and the driver occurred and if we need more observations in order to see if the argument is valid, we must interview witnesses, design a study of automobile and bicycle traffic on that street in order to verify if the premise is describing the normal condition pattern of traffic.

Casual arguments follows inductive argument when the argument itself carries as part of the second premises. Or else there won't be any significant difference. For example, when my friends and I argue, sometimes we don't judge our premise based on our observations. Instead, we jump right into the conclusion and of course in an argument, you want to win. However, after reading this website's cause and effect, it made me realize that inductive reasoning is important or else the argument itself would be weak and can be seen in many different ways.

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