It is time to apply what you have learned! Extracting an argument is a way of using the formal methods and rules of inference we have studied in order to present, explain and evaluate the reasoning in a real-world argument. Real arguments are rarely pre-packaged in perfect deductive form. So, we have to charitably re-interpret their arguments and reconstruct them so that every premise is explicit and every inference is valid. Once we do that, it is clear exactly what in the argument needs to be defended, and what in the argument could be challenged.
- 11.1 The Extraction Method
- 11.2 Tricks and Shortcuts
- 11.3 Evaluating Arguments
- 11.4 Practice with Extractions