Cogent Argument Essay

To begin this assignment, it is important to understand what factors are taken into consideration to analyze dialogues. The most important aspect of the analysis is based on the ‘ARG’ conditions. These conditions consist of the following: acceptability, relevance, and good grounds, as these three conditions pertain to the basic elements of a cogent argument. An argument is defined as cogent if the premises of that argument are rationally acceptable, and that they also provide rational support for the conclusion. For this assignment, the task on hand is to determine whether each dialogue meets the challenges of an argument. In total, there are three dialogues that will be analyzed. In order for a dialogue to be accepted as a challenge of an …show more content…
In this case, Roger’s response does not meet the challenge of Jim’s argument. Roger’s response was nothing more than his own opinion about the argument, rather than a challenge to the argument. Although Roger stated that he disagreed with Jim, he did not give sufficient supporting premises as to why he believes his opinion is correct. To support the claim above, it is important to check whether the response by Roger has met the ARG conditions. Firstly, the response can be claimed as acceptable only because he did state his own opinion, even after considering the fact that he did not provide any reasons to support it. The relevance condition is not met because he has not provided sufficient premises that have any relevance to his opinion. For this reason, there is no reason to analyze the third condition of the ARG conditions which is whether the response had good grounds. Furthermore, below will be a depiction of a corrected response that meets all three ARG conditions from …show more content…
Firstly, I feel as though hypnosis can modify an individual’s personality, actions, and bad habits in a positive manner. Secondly, hypnosis of course does have negative effects; it all depends on how you allow it to affect you. If you have a positive mindset, then it will have a positive effect on you, and vice versa. The real-life experiences that I had with this was two things, firstly, I used it for dental work and it was amazing, it benefited me in a positive way and that makes me feel like hypnosis is an advantage and has a positive impact. The second real-life example is when I was trying to quit smoking. To attempt quitting smoking is a very difficult task, and when my friend introduced me to a hypnotist to help me quit, it helped me quit within two weeks. Hypnosis helped me in quitting smoking as I was controlled to resist cigarettes by the hypnotist, which was a very difficult decision to make, however, it paid off. This is why I feel like hypnosis can be beneficial to any