In the argument, the arguer draw a conclusion that a volcanic eruption is the cause of the cooling in the mid-sixth century. He also provides several historical records to support his opinion. At first glance, the arguer's consequence seems rational. However, I find some flaws in his logic.
Firstly of all, the accounts found Both in Asia and Europe may not reflect all situations of Earth. Perhaps only Asia and Europe had happened such a significant declining of temperature, not the global cool as the arguer mentioned. In the mid-sixth century, people already had enough abilities to write down historical records. We could find some important documents in libraries about the history of the mid-sixth century. Why are there no records about this significant cool of Earth in the mid-six century besides some accounts of Asia and Europe?(这句话太主观了,不利于论证)It was possible that the cool mentioned by the arguer in the mid-six century only occured in Asia and Europe, not global cool of Earth.
Secondly, given that scientists are sure that the global cool really happened before based on accounts found both in Asia and Europe, the conclusion that it was caused by a huge volcanic eruption or a large meteorite colliding with Earth is still unwarranted. Besides such two instances, there are several other reasons could cause the declining temperature of Earth. Perhaps the action inside Sun becomed slowly and could not emit enough energy to keep Earth warm as before.Or there was a great earthquake occured in Arctic or Antarctic which made icehills collided to be small and melting to decrease the temperature of Earth. Even if the cool was caused by a large dust cloud throughout Earth's atmosphere, it was likely that there were two meteorite colliding with each other near Earth to create so much dust, desides two causations as a huge volcanic eruption and a large meteorite colliding with Earth.
Thirdly, even if only a huge volcanic eruption and a large meteorite colliding could created a large dust could to cover Earth and make it cooler, the arguer still have no evidences to prove that the causation is a volcanis eruption rather than a large meteorite colliding, because no extant historical records mentione a flash created by colliding between mateerite and Earth. Perhaps such a flash exactly happened, but the recorders who were attracted by a loud boom ignored it at all. Or some records had accounted the flash, but they do not survive from that time. It is false to draw such a conclusion only by not being mentioned without any certain persuasive evidence.
At last, I consider that the arguer's conclusion is too absolute to declaim that the cooling was probably caused by a volcanic eruption. There are many other kinds of causations as discussed above. To support his stands better the arguer should provide more evidences to exclude all the other possibilities.
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[ 本帖最后由 linshao 于 2007-7-27 23:58 编辑 ] |