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I hypothesize that the Disney Argument is the strongest because it is the most specific and has the most amount of premise claims that support its argument's conclusion.
The second strongest argument is the Tiger because its premise claims have a high likely hood that the conclusion is true, and while that is the same of Disney, Disney like I said has the greatest amount of individual premise claims which makes it the strongest.
The third strongest is the trashcan because the premise claims do not necessarily make the conclusion 100% true. The cat making the actions it normally does after eating does not necessarily mean that it knocked over the trashcan and ate the salmon inside.
Tiger Argument:
You may get injured skateboarding. Skateboarding is a very dangerous and physical endeavor.
Disney: To be accepted into Harvard Law, Saketh must get a 175 on his LSAT and also have a 4.0 GPA. The other week I saw him post his 175 LSAT score and his acceptance into Harvard Law. Therefore he must have gotten a 4.0 GPA.
Trashcan: As we are trying to pinpoint a suspect for the crime we noticed that a lot of physical activity occurred to complete the crime. Suspect #2 seems to have perspired the most out of the suspects. So we concluded that it must've been Suspect #2 who committed the crime
#help
Can anybody check my reasoning?
So if I have everything straight, all arguments follow the basis of a premise + conclusion. The strength of an argument depends on the support of the premise to the conclusion and the strength of the support depends on if the premise were to be true, how much would that make the conclusion true. The strength of support also is determined by how many assumptions are made and how reasonable they are. The more assumptions needed to be made and the less reasonable they are, the weaker the support thus the weaker the argument is.