Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctive pattern have previously been found only in the immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea and therefore were believed to have been made only by the Palean people. Recently, however, archaeologists discovered such a "Palean" basket in Lithos, an ancient village across the Brim River from Palea. The Brim River is very deep and broad, and so the ancient Paleans could have crossed it only by boat, and no Palean boats have been found. Thus it follows that the so-called Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean.
In the argument ,the arguer arrived at the argument that the so-called Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean. To strengthen his point, the arguer provide the evidence that the woven baskets have been only founded in the village of palea,. Furthermore, another factor that the palean basket were discovered in another acient village across the brim river from palea. Without sound assumption in favor of the conclusion or compelling and convincing evidence , the argument , as far as i am concerned, is groundless and unacceptable .
First of all, the arguer attempt to establish the causal relationship between the fact the woven baskets were found only in the village of palea and the claim that they can only be made by palean people.however, there are some other highly possible explanations to that fact. For example, perhaps , this kind of baskets were belong to another civilization which has disappeared in history we haven't acknowledged ; in addition , it is possible ,the baskets were brought in this village because of war or trade,not made by pa;ean people . In a word, unless the other possible reasons have ben considered or ruled out, this argument is unacceptable.
Secondly, the author claim that it is no way for the ancient paleans to cross the rive on an gratuitous assumption that, thousands years ago , the river is as the same as today's. Actually , the same river at that time might just be a brook people even can walk through , or there was even no river at all because of geology movement . What's more , the arguer commit an hasty conclusion that the palean people were not able to cross river just because no boats have been found yet. The author neglect the fact that boats of palean might , which were made of wood or other natural materials, have been eroded out or just destroyed by war fire.
In summary , at first glance, the argument seems to be appealing and plausible, but further analysis tell us it is neither credible nor persuasive. If the argument includes the given factors discussed above, it wound have been more thorough or adequate . |