In chapter 6 of the Epstein text taught me different types of claims. A compound claim is two claims linked together, while a contradictory of a claim is the opposite truth of another claim, which can be also called as the negation of the claim. Both these arguments are the opposite of one another. An example of a contradictory claim would be:
Claim Contradictory
This is a whale This isn’t a whale
Another thing I learned was the false dilemma. A false dilemma is a when the argument one makes is valid but it is not good. It excludes the possibility of where the claim is false or implausible. This is a type of fallacy that only two alternatives are considered. An example of this would have to be:
“If you are not with us, you are against us”
To avoid a false dilemma we have to imagine other possible alternatives.
I liked how you explain the different types of claims instead of just explaining one type. After reading your post, it helped me understand the few types of compounds claims better than I understood them to be. Your explanations are pretty clear and simple. As I was reading Chapter 6, I was a little bit confused as to what the false dilemma was, but one of your sentences explains that it is basically like an implausible claim. False dilemmas are kind of similar to Reasoning with Hypothesis too (If A, then B) as stated in your post.. Also, keep in mind that there are two types of contradictory claims: AND/OR contradictory claims.
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