A good argument is where the premises are plausible, the premises are more plausible then the conclusion, and the argument is valid or strong. An example would be that:
All snakes are reptile,
All reptiles are cold-blooded,
Therefore all snakes are cold blooded.
The premises of the argument are true and the conclusion is true as well making this a valid argument. There is no way that the premises and conclusion to be false. These premises are plausible because of snakes were reptiles and reptiles are cold blooded then snakes must be cold blooded too. There is no reason for this not to be plausible. The conclusion can be false if there was a new species of snakes that are warm blooded but it is not likely that would happen because snakes must be cold blooded in order to survive in their surroundings. So all snakes have to be cold blooded.
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