PHIL 336 RESPONSE PRT 2
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Brice,
In nearly every paragraph of Jonathan Glater and Dalié Jiménez's article "Biden’s debt cancellation will help millions, but it won’t end the student loan crisis", inductive and deductive reasonings and arguments can be found. While making the argument that Federal student loans are “the wrong tools for the job” they utilize inductive reasoning; as they state multiple true premises,
1. Higher education hurdle for millions
2. College costs money, someone has to pay
C) Federal loans, deter prospective students from going to college, wrong tool.
Their conclusion is very general and weak. Student loans can be the correct tool for the job, if regulations are passed that change the large carnival hammer they are now.
The strongest argument that I found:
1. Some critics are saying student loan cancellation is unfair for those who paid off loans
2. Makes no sense
C) Complaining about a government program that did not exist is not unfair.
This does make sense, as Glater and Jimenez state, complaining that one does not qualify for a government subsidy due to it not existing when they needed does not make them deserving of it.
Other paragraphs are more like an enthymemes, and are missing vital points to make them valid reasons.
References
Glater, Jonathan D., and Dalié Jiménez. "Op-Ed: Biden's Debt Cancellation Will Help Millions, but It Won't End the Student Loan Crisis." Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2022, www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-08-24/biden-administration-student-debt-cancellation-loans. Accessed 27 Aug. 2022.
Kelli
The article that I chose to read for this week’s discussion is called In Praise of Sweat, and it was published on NYTimes.com. This article argues that despite sweat/perspiration being generally regarded as embarrassing due to the amount of sweat, the odors it causes or the sweat stains on your clothes; it is actually one of the most important bodily functions.
I would explicate the argument like this:
Humans are one of the few species that regulate their body temperatures through sweat.
Sweat flushes waste products from the body.
Your body produces sweat differently depending on where it originates.
/ Sweating or perspiration is a helpful and essential bodily function.
The main type of reasoning in this article is strong inductive reasoning, as it presents fact about the benefits of perspiration as a necessary bodily function, as well as a few cosmetic benefits. This article also explains how the bacteria on a person’s skin interacts with sweat, and how that person may experience perspiration differently than others.
References:
Knachel, Matthew, “The Basics of Logical Analysis.” Fundamental Methods of Logic. UWM Digital Commons (2017), Chapter 1, pp 1-3. (CC BY)
“Opinion | in Praise of Sweat.” The New York Times, 2022, www.nytimes.com/2022/08/26/opinion/sweat-benefits.html. Accessed 27 Aug. 2022.
Supplemental Online Readings
(1) Groarke, Leo, “Informal Logic.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Plato.stanford.edu (2017)
An expansive article on the subject of arguments and informal logic in philosophy.
A basic overview of inductive and deductive arguments and their assessment.
(3) Hansen, Hans, “Fallacies.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Plato.stanford.edu (2020).
A thorough discussion of fallacies in informal logic.
Supplemental Online Audio/Video
(1) “How to Argue - Philosophical Reasoning: Crash Course Philosophy #2.” YouTube, uploaded by CrashCourse, Feb 16, 2016. [9:42] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKEhdsnKKHs&t=5s&ab_channel=CrashCourse
A good introduction to the basic principles of philosophical argumentation