Exercise #2

I decided to look at exercise #2 for this activity because I think it is easily relatable to my lifestyle (because not only am I notorious for running 5 minutes late, but like to stop for food along the way) So, I am still kind of sketchy on this concept but I am going to give it a shot so…here it goes!

Exercise #2 says…

I’m on my way to school. (1) I left five minute late. (2) Traffic is heavy; therefore, I’ll be late for class. (3) So I might as well stop and get breakfast. (4)

Argument? = I would say this is an argument.

Conclusion? = #4 “So I might as well stop and get breakfast.”

Additional premises needed? = This is where I began to be confused…I know that all of these fallacies tie into the central idea of the argument, and I think any extra premises might make the argument less relevant. If anything, maybe more details to the existing premises. The only premises that I see as valuable in this argument are the 3^rd and 4^th.

Identify any sub arguments? = #1, and #2 support #3, which makes them the sub arguments.

Good argument? = I am not sure if this is a good argument, because if the conclusion is about going to get breakfast, then I don’t see how relatable it is to the first three arguments.

I think this argument did help me a bit but I do still not completely understand the concept. I still get confused on identifying the different parts of the argument, but I think that this exercise did help me for the moment to help me understand. I think the exercise was hard for me because I couldn’t relate it back to the sample question. I had difficulty on certain parts but I think I gave it the best shot I had and hopefully it made some sense.