Aristotle's Argument
Aristotle’s
What is a good argument? Aristotle’s was the first person to have a formal theory for argument. He states that an argument is “When, certain things being so, something else results from these by their being so (either generally or for the most part) – there (in the Topics) this is called deduction, here it is called enthymeme” (Rhetoric I.2, 1356b16–18). It’s very interesting how Aristotle’s saw an argument from very different ways. In my opinion an argument is just the view of things from different perspective. I can’t understand how he can relate many words and concepts to this simple word. As Dr. King ask in lecture, what is a good argument? Is the big question. He combined fallacies, validity and induction to create a good
What is a good argument? Aristotle’s was the first person to have a formal theory for argument. He states that an argument is “When, certain things being so, something else results from these by their being so (either generally or for the most part) – there (in the Topics) this is called deduction, here it is called enthymeme” (Rhetoric I.2, 1356b16–18). It’s very interesting how Aristotle’s saw an argument from very different ways. In my opinion an argument is just the view of things from different perspective. I can’t understand how he can relate many words and concepts to this simple word. As Dr. King ask in lecture, what is a good argument? Is the big question. He combined fallacies, validity and induction to create a good