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Argument37  第1篇 让砖头来得更猛烈些吧！
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从2005年6月18日16时51分到2005年6月18日17时30分
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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 unique to 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 only have crossed it by boat, but there is no evidence that the Paleans had boats. And boats capable of carrying groups of people and cargo were not developed until thousands of years after the Palean people disappeared. Moreover, Paleans would have had no need to cross the river—the woods around Palea are full of nuts, berries, and small game. It follows that the so-called Palean baskets were not unique to Palea.
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This argument seems, at first glance, quite reasonable. It concludes that Palean baskets were not unique to Palea because Lithos also had the same baskets and Paleans had not effective ways to spread their basket skills to Lithos. However, I find this argument suffers from sevral severe fallacies as followss.

First, the arguer fails to rule out other possible ways for Paleans to cross the river. It is true that the Brim River is too deep and broad to cross without boats. But this does not lend strong support to the notion that Paleans cannot cross the river. Maybe they can walk to the other side of the river on the ice in the severe winter when the water changed into ice. It is also possible that there lies a land road toward Lithos Village. Hence it is no need to cross the river by boat. There is a reasonalble situation that Paleans spred the basket skills to a nearby village V, which had a accessibe way to Lithos, and then the people of V tought Lithosers that technology.  In a word, it is improper for the arguer to imply that boating is the unique way to the other bank side.

Second, it is still possible that Paleans can invent boats. The arguer mentions that there is no evidence that Paleans had boats. Unfortunately, this does not necessarily mean that Paleans didn't have boats. Paleans are belong to the time of past, therefore no one including archeologists can get to know the real contemporary situation. The evidence that "boats capable of carrying groups of people and cargo were not developed until thousands ofyears after the Palean people disappeared" can not give strong support for the conclusion that Paleans did not have boats. It is totally possible that they had invented boats, which all disappeared in the long river of history.

Finally, enough nuts, berries, and small games do not mean that Paleans won't cross the river. Seeking food for existence is not the only reason why people invent boats. We invent boat sometimes for curiosity and ambition. Perhaps, the Palean people were bored of the small world they had lived for generations. As a result, they invent  a boat, cross the river, spred the technology of woven baskets.

In sum, the author fails to give a successful argument. If he/she wants to make this argument convincable, he/she has to rule out other alternative ways for Paleans to cross the river. The argure also need to correct and improve his/her analogy in order  to make this artical strong.

[ 本帖最后由 yogurt4 于 2006-2-4 02:05 编辑 ]

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时态好像有些问题，the Palean的活动应该用过去时比较好吧

This argument seems, at first glance, quite reasonable. It concludes that Palean baskets were not unique to Palea because Lithos also had the same baskets and Paleans had not effective ways to spread their basket skills to Lithos. However, I find this argument suffers from sevral severe fallacies as followss.

First, the arguer fails to rule out other possible ways for Paleans to cross the river. It is true that the Brim River is too deep and broad to cross without boats. But this does not lend strong support to the notion that Paleans cannot cross the river. Maybe they can walk to the other side of the river on the ice in the severe winter when the water changed into ice. It is also possible that there lies a land road toward Lithos Village. Hence it is no need to cross the river by boat. There is a reasonalble situation that Paleans spred the basket skills to a nearby village V, which had a accessibe way to Lithos, and then the people of V tought Lithosers that technology.  In a word, it is improper for the arguer to imply that boating is the unique way to the other bank side.

Second, it is still possible that Paleans can invent boats. The arguer mentions that there is no evidence that Paleans had boats. Unfortunately, this does not necessarily mean that Paleans didn't have boats. Paleans are belong to the time of past, therefore no one including archeologists can get to know the real contemporary situation (你应该是指当时的情况吧contemporary是指现代的情形). The evidence that "boats capable of carrying groups of people and cargo were not developed until thousands ofyears after the Palean people disappeared" can not give strong support for the conclusion that Paleans did not have boats. It is totally possible that they had invented boats, which all disappeared in the long river of history.

Finally, enough nuts, berries, and small games do not mean that Paleans won't cross the river. Seeking food for existence is not the only reason why people invent boats. We invent boat sometimes for curiosity and ambition. Perhaps, the Palean people were bored of the small world they had lived for generations. As a result, they invent  a boat, cross the river, spred the technology of woven baskets.

In sum, the author fails to give a successful argument. If he/she wants to make this argument convincible(convincing), he/she has to rule out other alternative ways for Paleans to cross the river. The arguer(author ?) also need to correct and improve his/her analogy in order  to make this article strong.
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