A Rulebook for Arguments by Weston Anthony;

Author:Weston, Anthony;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated

Consider this intriguing little argument, for example:

No one has yet had sex in space. No one has admitted to it, of course. But suppose, just for the sake of argument, that someone who has been to space did have sex there. That would mean that someone who has had sex in space hasn’t told anyone about it. And that is really hard to believe. No one would keep that to themselves!7

Spelled out in reductio form, the argument is:

To prove: No one has yet had sex in space.

Assume the opposite: Someone has had sex in space.

Argue that from the assumption we’d have to conclude: Someone who has had sex in space has kept it secret.

But: That is “really hard to believe.”

Conclude: No one has yet had sex in space.

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