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.
Convincing the opposition through an argument can be a daunting task and if you are successful in doing so, then it can be considered as a well deserved victory. In my opinion, I mostly agree with the prompt that an argument’s ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint is one of the best ways to judge the strength of the argument for the following two reasons.
To begin, when a person makes an argument for a particular cause, the main objective of that argument is to align people with similar viewpoints on that topic. But, it is certain that there will be some people with an opposing viewpoint. In a society, it is healthy to have two different opinions on the same topic so that, prudent decisions can be taken. But the decision favors the party whose argument is able to convince the opposition that their argument is better and more beneficial for the society. For example, consider the case in which two parties were debating over the construction of a highway through a residential area. Both parties had valid arguments and each of then had provided the advantages of their proposals. Now, when the debate was settled, it was found out that the citizens who were opposing the proposal, were able to convince the ‘roadways authority’ to scrap their project of building the highway through the residential area. Thus, the argument of the citizens was able to convince the opposing viewpoint. So, it can be considered the argument had a lot of strength as it was able to solve the problem amicably.
Moreover, it is not always the case that, the opposing argument is bad or has major flaws. Sometimes, it may happen that we receive constructive criticism from the opposing party and we can use that knowledge to further strengthen our argument. So, convincing the opposing party using this extra knowledge ironically gained from them, is I believe the best outcome that an argument can produce.
In contrast, we have to also consider the temperament of the opposition. If they are obdurate and will not change their viewpoint under any circumstances, then the efforts to convince them might go in vain. In such a case, it does not mean that the argument presented by us is not strong, it just means that the opposing party is not considerate enough to listen to our argument. Thus, in such cases, the definition for ‘best test for an argument’ can be modified a bit, so as to not discourage the party. Such instances are pretty common in electoral politics, when a certain party is just pushing forward with their propaganda and has ‘closed their ears’ to other arguments. Here, we will never be able to test the strength of our argument directly by convincing the opposition as the ‘best test’ is not available due to their tenacious nature.
To summarize, I believe, that convincing the opposition is one of the best test to judge the strength of any argument, but in some cases, when the opposition party is not willing to listen to you, the strength can be judged by some other parameters.
| Post date | Users | Rates | Link to Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-20 | Dipesh1234 | 50 | view |
| 2023-08-11 | okazaki11 | 66 | view |
| 2023-07-27 | KalyaniHarbola | 79 | view |
| 2022-07-06 | fortune | 66 | view |
| 2022-06-02 | OkwyUwadoka | 58 | view |
- A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college 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 t 62
- The main benefit of the study of history is to dispel the illusion that people living now are significantly different from people who lived in earlier times Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement 58
- Some people believe that in order to thrive a society must put its own overall success before the well being of its individual citizens Others believe that the well being of a society can only be measured by the general welfare of all its people Write a r 50
- Many important discoveries or creations are accidental it is usually while seeking the answer to one question that we come across the answer to another Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and 80
- The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Parkville Daily newspaper Throughout the country last year as more and more children below the age of nine participated in youth league sports over 40 000 of these young players suffered injuries Whe 66
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 4, column 471, Rule ID: SO_AS_TO[1]
Message: Use simply 'to'
Suggestion: to
...for an argument’ can be modified a bit, so as to not discourage the party. Such instance...
^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, may, moreover, so, then, thus, well, as to, for example, in contrast, in my opinion, in some cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 33.0 19.5258426966 169% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 14.8657303371 61% => OK
Relative clauses : 21.0 11.3162921348 186% => OK
Pronoun: 49.0 33.0505617978 148% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 64.0 58.6224719101 109% => OK
Nominalization: 24.0 12.9106741573 186% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2517.0 2235.4752809 113% => OK
No of words: 523.0 442.535393258 118% => OK
Chars per words: 4.81261950287 5.05705443957 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.78217453174 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73833276681 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 229.0 215.323595506 106% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.437858508604 0.4932671777 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 787.5 704.065955056 112% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 6.24550561798 208% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.2370786517 104% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 23.0359550562 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.8222331808 60.3974514979 79% => OK
Chars per sentence: 119.857142857 118.986275619 101% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.9047619048 23.4991977007 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.38095238095 5.21951772744 103% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.315334819239 0.243740707755 129% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.10388387286 0.0831039109588 125% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.083236224689 0.0758088955206 110% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.197856417464 0.150359130593 132% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0896910848935 0.0667264976115 134% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.7 14.1392134831 97% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 55.58 48.8420337079 114% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.91 12.1639044944 90% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.82 8.38706741573 93% => OK
difficult_words: 99.0 100.480337079 99% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.8971910112 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.2143820225 103% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
---------------------
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
---------------------
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.