Chapter 7 talks about, "Raising Objections" and teaches us that, "it is irrational to say that an argument is good and then deny its conclusion." It's almost like contradicting yourself, "Raising Objection is a standard way to show that an argument is bad. They have good reason not to believe the conclusion." The book tells us three ways in the following: 1.) Show that an unstated premise is dubious. 2.) Illustrates why the argument is weak. 3.) We are making another argument that either calls into question of one of the premise.
I would say that I'm an attentive person and when I'm able to sense a bad argument, I would raise objection. Raising Objection teaches us how to validate an argument of whether it's good or bad. People should be open to both, good and bad arguments and debate nicely to why they think the other person's argument is wrong. A perfect example occurred between my mom and I last Friday because she kept insisting that it was my cousin's birthday that Saturday morning. I could have taken her word and planned for the day but I could have sworn I saw the invitation a few days before and I recalled that it will be two weeks from then. So I went ahead and called my cousin to confirm the date and my mom was wrong! As I thought, it was not the next morning. Thank goodness I called to check because I could have missed out on a day of fun going to the beach with my friends early Saturday morning. I'm glad I was able to clarify her argument and not miss the beach day. =)
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