The best test of an argument is the argument's ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint. Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
The statement that the best test of an argument is the argument ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint seems reasonable at first glance. However I think that this argument is a one-sided argument since a fully well-established argument might seem to be unpopular and get criticize.
The ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint is an important criteria for an argument. If an argument could not convince those opponents, it is hard to say that the conclusion or the logics of the argument is well-established. An argument with apparent logic flaws or unrealistic assumptions has no way to convince its opponents.
However, this criteria itself may be somewhat problematic. Some arguments, though could not fully persuade its opponents, could still be considered as a strong and coherent one. It is highly possible that the opponents were simply not discernible or informed enough to judge the argument fairly. Or rather the opponents might be too obstinate to be moved. Since, there are always many competition and debate among major entrenched theories in many fields. For example, professors of international relations have been arguing about the nature and preferences of the state for centuries long. The realists believe that the state is a self-help one and its most important priority is to survive under an anarchy. On the contrary, the constructivists maintain that the preferences of the state are constructed by their identity. And their identities are constructed through the interaction among different states. Therefore, the state is not necessarily a self-help one and the international system may not be an anarchy.
Moreover, this criteria is not necessarily a solely best one. There are many other potential sound ways to test it. Even if the above one is really good, it cannot guarantee it to be the solely best one. For example, one can test the argument by fully examine its logics and its assumptions. Even though its assumptions make sense, the logics might have gone awry. Also, one can test it by apply it into practice. If an argument conform to the reality and can explain some difficult phenomena, it may be reasonable to say that at least to some extent the argument is a good one.
In sum, I maintain that the criteria mentioned above may be problematic and there are many other alternatives. The statement is a one-sided one.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, however, if, may, moreover, really, so, still, therefore, well, at least, for example, i think, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 29.0 19.5258426966 149% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.4196629213 113% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.3162921348 71% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 31.0 33.0505617978 94% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 58.6224719101 65% => OK
Nominalization: 17.0 12.9106741573 132% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2041.0 2235.4752809 91% => OK
No of words: 383.0 442.535393258 87% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.32898172324 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.42384287591 4.55969084622 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.28474888291 2.79657885939 117% => OK
Unique words: 183.0 215.323595506 85% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.477806788512 0.4932671777 97% => OK
syllable_count: 654.3 704.065955056 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.740449438202 0% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 58.5093154976 60.3974514979 97% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.05 118.986275619 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.15 23.4991977007 81% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.2 5.21951772744 119% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 24.0 7.80617977528 307% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 10.2758426966 39% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.83258426966 166% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.24735395378 0.243740707755 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0868365973879 0.0831039109588 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.122110029178 0.0758088955206 161% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.171235213527 0.150359130593 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.138335657181 0.0667264976115 207% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 14.1392134831 93% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 48.8420337079 90% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.1743820225 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.63 12.1639044944 112% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.25 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 89.0 100.480337079 89% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.