argument37 [冲刺小组]第三次作业

lishuang0313UID: 2216736

In this argument, the author tries to convince us that the so-called Palean baskets were not unique given that the baskets were also discovered in the Lithos. However, the argument fails due to several flaws in logic. First, there is an assumption that the Paleans can not go to the village of Lithos in the ancient times. Second, the author make unfair conclusion that the baskets which were discovered in Lithos do not only belong to the Paleans.

To begin with, the author make an arbitrarily assumption that the residents who lived in prehistoric village of Palea did not arrived at the ancient village of Lithos, since the Brim River which located between the two villages is too much deep and broad. First, the author provides no information about the condition of Brim River in old times. It is likely that this big river did not exist at all or even was considerably shallow, so  that residents can cross the river on foot. What's more, although no evidence indicate that the ancient Paleans had boats or large boats which had the ability to carrying groups of people and cargo, the ancient Paleans might cross the river by other simply transportations which may be similar to boats, such as wooden boards.

Second, the author unreliable presumes that the Paleans in the old times had no possibility and need to cross the river because their lands were full of woods, foods, and small animals. However, ignoring the probability that the local lands were short of foods in the ancient times , so that the Paleans had to look for edible things from other villages including the Lithos. Or, perhaps they got that place by chance such as playing.

Even if the local residents at that time can not cross the river by any method, the author can not presumptuous conclude that the Paleans had not reached the village of Lithos. Maybe the two villages were linked with small land which was far from the river. So, perhaps the residents can arrived at another village only by climbing over a small mountain at the boundary of two villages. Besides, the argument provides no specific evidence that the Paleans did not arrived at the Lithos or there is not any track indicating that the Paleans had got there. Without evidence to support the assumption, the author's conclusion is dubious at best.

Finally, the writer makes an unreliable conclusion that the so-called Palean baskets were not unique to Palea because the baskets could not be brought to Lithos. It is possible that the Paleans, even the later generations took the baskets to that village by doing business or other activities.

Therefore, the argument is not well supported by these logical flaws. To strengthen the argument, the writer should presents more particular and credible information about the conditions of Brim River and the village of Palea in the old times and give appropriate evidences to support these assumptions.


提纲：
1 作者论述有问题
2 作者假设因为没有船，Palea居民在古代不能到达Lithos
3 作者假设因为当地的物产非常丰富，Palea居民在古代不可能，也不需要到Lithos
4 即使没有船可以到达Lithos，作者也不能断定Palea不能用其他方式到Lithos
5 作者武断的推论出篮子并不是Palea独有的
6 还需要提供其他证据支持这一论证

MryanUID: 2281579

In this argument, the author tries to convince us that the so-called Palean baskets were not unique given （不知道这么用好不好，不过because应该也行的对吧）that the baskets were also discovered in the Lithos. However, the argument fails due to several flaws in logic. First, there is an assumption that the Paleans can not go to the village of Lithos in the ancient times（ And boats capable of carrying groups of people and cargo were not developed until thousands of years after the Palean people
disappeared.）这个是原文，看来不是不能过去，是不能大量的而且带很多货物的过去对吧. Second, the author make unfair conclusion that the baskets which were discovered in Lithos do not only belong to the Paleans.（感觉第二点不太好，因为跟作者得出的结论一样了）

To begin with, the author make an arbitrarily assumption that the residents who lived in prehistoric village of Palea did not arrived（did后跟原型吧？） at the ancient village of Lithos, since the Brim River which located between the two villages is too much deep and broad. First,（firstly） the author provides no information about the condition of Brim River in old times. It is likely that this big river did not exist at all or even was considerably shallow（at that time）, so  that residents can cross the river on foot. What's more, although no evidence indicate that the ancient Paleans had boats or large boats which had the ability to carrying groups of people and cargo, the ancient Paleans might cross the river by other simply transportations which may be similar to boats, such as wooden boards.

Second, the author unreliable presumes that the Paleans in the old times had（是不是用have？我也拿不准，但感觉这就是个过去时） no possibility（应该是没有“原因”较好吧？reason） and need to cross the river because their lands were full of woods, foods, and small animals. However, ignoring the probability that the local lands were short of foods in the ancient times , so that the Paleans had to look for edible things from other villages including the Lithos. Or, perhaps they got that place by chance such as playing.

Even if the local residents at that time can not cross the river by any method, the author can not presumptuous conclude that the Paleans had not reached the village of Lithos. Maybe the two villages were linked with small land which was far from the river. So, perhaps the residents can arrived at another village only by climbing over a small mountain at the boundary of two villages. Besides, the argument provides no specific evidence that the Paleans did not arrived at the Lithos or there is not any track indicating that the Paleans had got there. Without evidence to support the assumption, the author's conclusion is dubious at best（at best？）.

Finally, the writer makes an unreliable conclusion that the so-called Palean baskets were not unique to Palea because the baskets could not be brought to Lithos. It is possible that the Paleans, even the later generations took the baskets to that village by doing business or other activities.

Therefore, the argument is not well supported by these logical flaws. To strengthen the argument, the writer should presents more particular and credible information about the conditions of Brim River and the village of Palea in the old times and give appropriate evidences to support these assumptions.

感觉1 4 好像都是再说没有船就不能去吗？

[ 本帖最后由 Mryan 于 2008-8-4 20:01 编辑 ]