Self-study
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Summarize Argument
Faden concludes that Greenwall’s objection, that many of Faden’s customers could be lying about still using their year-old exercise machines, is absurd because Greenwall doesn’t have a way to prove the objection.
Identify and Describe Flaw
Faden asserts that since a survey shows most of his customers claim to still use their year-old exercise equipment, most of their machines are still in use after a year. Greenwall points out that many of those customers could be lying, and Faden argues that Greenwall’s objection is absurd because Greenwall has no way to prove the objection.
A flaw in Faden’s reasoning is that Greenwall’s objection isn’t necessarily absurd just because Greenwall can’t prove the objection. An objection can lack evidence and still have merit.
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Greenwall doesn’t argue or imply that the customers have stopped using the equipment. He just points out that many of the customers could be lying about using the equipment.
b
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Greenwall doesn’t make a claim about most people’s personal habits. His statement only addresses the possibility that customers could be lying about using their equipment.
c
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Faden doesn’t make the case that people are less likely to believe a claim as stronger evidence is presented to support that claim.
d
Faden presumes, without █████████ ██████████████ ████ ███ ████████ ███ █ █████ ███ ███ ████ ██████████ ██████ ████ ████████ ███ ████ ██████ ██████
This is a flaw in Faden’s reasoning. Faden presumes that his argument hasn’t been undermined because Greenwall hasn’t definitively disproved that argument. However, an objection to an argument can hold weight even if that objection doesn’t totally disprove the argument.
e
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Greenwall isn’t concerned with the possibility that some people stopped using their equipment but aren’t embarrassed about it. Greenwall only makes the case that some people may be lying about still using their equipment because they’re embarrassed to admit they stopped.