I learned in Chapter 15 some interesting things about Cause and Effects concepts more. These concepts are about how to create a plausible argument using causes and effects. For a cause and effect argument to be plausible, certain things must be true. The cause and effect must have happened. The cause must precede the effect. It usually never occurs that the cause will happen and the effect not happen, under normal conditions of course. If the cause doesn't happen then the effect would not happen either. And if there is no common cause. There are ways to mistake the cause and effect, which can cause the argument to be implausible. When ever there is a misconception in an argument automatically that argument can become implausible. An example of a mis conception would be,
Dan called Serena, Serena didn't answer, Serena's phone is dead and thats why.
To further examine this is not the truth, Serena's phone was just in the other room.
For a cause and effect argument to be true, you must be sure of the cause and of the effect.
I think you did a good job in putting the cause and effect concept in your own words and making it easier to understand for people who are having a hard time with comprehending the cause and effect concepts. It was very literal in saying that without a cause there could be no after effect or outcome. I really liked the example you gave to help people understand a misconception in an argument better. Like any argument, people should know both sides to effectively come to a conclusion about something. You cannot assume something and make a conclusion because chances are it might not be right.
ReplyDeleteI believe that you did a great job on evaluation cause and effect arguments. Sometimes arguments are not always plausible and this can be very tricky to deal with. It is always important to keep in mind that the cause must always precede the effect. I really liked the example you used to describe cause and effect as well. You cannot always assume that everything is true in an argument because things are not always how they appear. You did a great job overall and this was a great explanation to provide for our class. Keep up the good work and great details!
ReplyDeleteExcellent work on explaining the validity if cause and effect. In science, cause and effects are used in reactions, where an event leads to another event, or triggers it. An example would be touching a hot stove and pulling back. The cause was the hot stove, while the effect was the reaction to pull back. In cause and effects we are able to observe and interpret what may have happen, such as seeing the action of the example above. It is true that both the cause and effect must be valid otherwise it would be a week argument. Also, there must have been a cause otherwise the argument is incomplete, such as the bicyclist example just plainly saying “he hit me.”
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