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ARGU1
The
following appeared as part of an annual report
sent to stockholders
by Olympic Foods,
a processor of frozen foods:
“
Over
time, the
costs
of
processing
go
down
because
as
organizations learn
how to
do things better, they become more efficient. In
color film processing,
for
example,
the
cost
of
a
3-by-5-inch
print
fell
from
50
cents
for
five-day
service
in 1970 to
20
cents
for one-day
service
in
1984.
The
same principle
applies
to the processing of food. And since Olympic Foods
will soon
celebrate its 25th birthday,
we can expect that our long experience will
enable us to minimize costs and thus
maximize profits
.”
Discuss how
well reasoned you find this argument. In your
discussion be sure
to analyze the line
of reasoning and the use of evidence in the
argument. For
example, you may need to
consider what questionable assumptions underlie
the
thinking
and
what
alternative
explanations
or
counterexamples
might
weaken
the
conclusion.
You
can
also
discuss
what
sort
of
evidence
would
strengthen or refute the argument, what
changes in the argument would
make it
more logically sound, and what, if anything, would
help you better
evaluate its
conclusion.
ARGU2
The
following appeared in a memorandum from the
business department of
the Apogee
Company:
“
When the Apogee Company had
all its operations in one location, it was
more profitable than it is today.
Therefore, the Apogee Company should
close
down
its
field
offices and conduct
all
its
operations from a
single
location. Such centralization would
improve profitability by cutting costs
and helping the
company maintain better supervision of all
employees
.”
Discuss how well reasoned you find this
argument. In your discussion be sure
to
analyze the line of reasoning and the use of
evidence in the argument. For
example,
you may need to consider what questionable
assumptions underlie
the
thinking
and
what
alternative
explanations
or
counterexamples
might
weaken
the
conclusion.
You
can
also
discuss
what
sort
of
evidence
would
strengthen or refute the argument, what
changes in the argument would
make it
more logically sound, and what, if anything, would
help you better
evaluate its
conclusion.
ARGU3
The
following appeared in a memorandum issued by a
large cit
y’s
council on
the arts:
“In
a
recent
citywide
poll,
15
percent
more
residents
said
that
they
watch
television
programs
about
the
visual
arts
than
was
the
case
in
a
poll
conducted five years
ago. During these past five years, the number of
people
visiting our
city
’s
art museums has
increased by a similar percentage. Since
the
corporate
funding
that
supports
public
television,
where
most
of
the
visual arts programs appear, is now
being
threatened with
severe
cuts, we
can
expect
that
attendance
at
our
city
’
s
art
museums
will
also
start
to
decrease.
Thus
some
of
the
cit
y’s
f
unds
for
supporting
the
arts
should
be
reallocated to public
televisi
on.”
Discuss how well reasoned
you find this argument. In your discussion be sure
to analyze the line of reasoning and
the use of evidence in the argument. For
example, you may need to consider what
questionable assumptions underlie
the
thinking
and
what
alternative
explanations
or
counterexamples
might
weaken
the
conclusion.
You
can
also
discuss
what
sort
of
evidence
would
strengthen or refute the argument, what
changes in the argument would
make it more
logically sound, and what, if anything, would help
you better
evaluate its conclusion.
ARGU4
The following appeared in a report
presented for discussion at a meeting of
the directors of a company that
manufactures parts for heavy machinery:
“The
falling revenues that the company is experiencing
coincide with delays
in
manufacturing.
These
delays,
in
turn,
are
due
in
large
part
to
poor
planning
in
purchasing
metals.
Consider
further
that
the
manager
of
the
department
that
handles
purchasing
of
raw
materials
has
an
excellent
background in
general business, psychology, and sociology, but
knows little
about
the
properties
of
metals.
The
company
should,
therefore,
move
the
purchasing manager to
the sales department and bring in a scientist from
the research division to be manager of
the purchasing department
.”
Discuss how
well reasoned you find this argument. In your
discussion be sure
to analyze the line
of reasoning and the use of evidence in the
argument. For
example, you may need to
consider what questionable assumptions underlie
the
thinking
and
what
alternative
explanations
or
counterexamples
might
weaken
the
conclusion.
You
can
also
discuss
what
sort
of
evidence
would
strengthen or refute the argument, what
changes in the argument would
make it
more logically sound, and what, if anything, would
help you better
evaluate its
conclusion.
ARGU5
The following appeared in an
announcement issued by the publisher of The
Mercury, a weekly newspaper:
“S
ince a competing lower-
priced newspaper, The Bugle, was stated five