Argument56 [AWB小组] 第五次作业

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Collectors prize the ancient life-size clay statues of human figures made on Kali Island but have long wondered how the Kalinese artists were able to depict bodies with such realistic precision. Since archeologists have recently discovered molds of human heads and hands on Kali, we can now conclude that the ancient Kalinese artists used molds of actual bodies, not sculpting tools and techniques, to create these statues. This discovery explains why Kalinese miniature statues were abstract and entirely different in style: molds could only be used for life-size sculptures. It also explains why few ancient Kalinese sculpting tools have been found. In light of this development, collectors should expect the life-size sculptures to decrease in value and the miniatures to increase in value.



The argument attempts to solve the long-term puzzle of the collectors about how the Kalinese artists could describe bodies so exactly according to the archeologists’ discovery of molds of human heads and hands and further more, it tries to persuade the collectors to expect the decrease of the life-size sculptures in value. There are several other possibilities to prove the evidences in the above argument are not sufficient while the conclusion of this argument is just based on some wrong assumptions.

The argument denies that the Kalinese artists created the life-size clay statues of human figures with sculpting tools and techniques because the archeologists have found molds of human heads and hands on kali. The reasoning is doubtful and there is no obvious evidence to establish a persuasive causal relationship between them. The molds of heads and hands are just discovered on Kali, that doesn’t mean they are used to create those life-size clay statues. The molds could be used for some religion ceremonies or the war among the ancient residents on Kali.

As to the reason why there are few ancient Kalinese sculpting tools found, perhaps the sculpting tools are still in some undiscovered holes or the wooden tools have already disappeared with the escaping of time. The reason is just another questionable assumption of the author of the argument.

There is no powerful evidence to predict that the life-size sculptures will decrease in value for they are not the artifacts with wonderful sculpting techniques. Even if the value of the life-size sculptures is not the same as before, how could the argument conclude that the value of the miniatures will go up? The author’s recommendation is unwarranted.

It is possible that the above argument is written by a miniatures holder and he or she just wants to increase the value of his or her miniatures, so that the argument collects several facts which seem related in order to mislead the readers. If the argument would like to persuade the collectors, it needs more persuasive details and logical reasoning.

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