The best test of an argument is the argument's ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
A cogent argument has the ability to convince someone with a fundamentally different viewpoint. Having an argument capable of capturing even the conviction of an opposing side is not a trivial task and requires an incisive mind to accomplish. But in my opinion, I mostly disagree that a true test of a sound argument is its ability to convince an opposing side, by viewing arguments that could occur in three different sectors. I will elaborate on this with three reasons.
In some cases and in certain sectors, the best arguments could lead to a full conviction of someone with a different perspective. Take, for instance, the European football league, with fans across different cities, states, and countries, it does not come off as a surprise to have arguments about which football coach is better among fans of a certain team, it is in fact a very common subject. A great argument in this here has the ability to convince the other party that for certain clear reasons a certain person is a better coach. Although these fans can be said to be of opposing sides, they clearly have the same goal, which is to watch their team play better football or have greater performances. Thus, it is much easier to accept counterpoints with an open mindset. This phenomenon does not only occur in the world of sports, it is also present in the art of cooking. To prepare a meal, a chef might be involved in an argument about the amount of time an ingredient should be set to cook, or at what temperature it should be cooked, an opposing side might disagree with a different viewpoint. But a clear argument in this area also has an ability to convince the other party in this scenario, because with an end goal of cooking better meals, both chefs, although on different sides, have the same end goal. However, does the goal of every argument lead to a better result for both sides? Is there always a similar end goal in every argument? Being in the juxtaposition of various sectors this is hardly the case.
However, in most cases, even the best arguments with copious logical reasons might be unable to convince an opposing side. Examine the life of a Christian in our world today, from infancy, each newborn has been brought up to conform to certain beliefs or traditions, in some cases, these traditions make up aspects of a person's personality. For instance, a Christian who has been brought up in Christianity to believe that all evil people would be tortured or burnt in hellfire and has lived their life only in fear of a plausible afterlife. This person might not be open-minded even to the best of arguments or the most solid points that are not in line with their preconceived beliefs, simply because this could be a large part of who they are and a purpose for their existence and why they do good. In an argument with religion as the topic for discussion, basing the soundness of either side of this argument on its ability to convince the opposing side otherwise, might be a mere travesty of the argumentator. Research shows that religion plays a cardinal role in many lives around the world and thus is a subject that even the best arguments might be unable to change or convince otherwise.
Moreover, numerous examples show that the goal of certain arguments is only for the sheer purpose of tearing down the opposing party, and hardly is the counter side even with the best points, able to convince such an opposing side with malicious motives. For instance, looking at the field of politics and creating a scenario of an argument between two disparate parties fighting for who is the more fitting party to win an election. This argument has very little prospects of convincing an opposing party even with the most sensible points, this is because oftentimes the opposing side might have such a parochial mindset and a dogmatic approach that they fail to see even the best of viewpoints.
In conclusion, this is hardly a case of one size fits all, arguments can range from small controversies to humongous topics questioning the purpose of one's existence. Simply justifying the soundness of an argument as to whether it is the best solely on its ability to convince an opposing side would be too myopic. A more holistic approach would be needed to verify the best arguments.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 321, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'persons'' or 'person's'?
Suggestion: persons'; person's
..., these traditions make up aspects of a persons personality. For instance, a Christian ...
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Line 9, column 152, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...ngous topics questioning the purpose of ones existence. Simply justifying the soundn...
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Line 9, column 215, Rule ID: WHETHER[6]
Message: Can you shorten this phrase to just 'whether', or rephrase the sentence to avoid "as to"?
Suggestion: whether
...justifying the soundness of an argument as to whether it is the best solely on its ability to...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, look, moreover, so, thus, as to, for instance, in conclusion, in fact, in most cases, in my opinion, in some cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 35.0 19.5258426966 179% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 18.0 12.4196629213 145% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 14.8657303371 121% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 44.0 33.0505617978 133% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 112.0 58.6224719101 191% => OK
Nominalization: 22.0 12.9106741573 170% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3551.0 2235.4752809 159% => OK
No of words: 747.0 442.535393258 169% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.75368139224 5.05705443957 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.22793465313 4.55969084622 115% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63441570878 2.79657885939 94% => OK
Unique words: 311.0 215.323595506 144% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.416331994645 0.4932671777 84% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1117.8 704.065955056 159% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 6.24550561798 208% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.77640449438 281% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 20.2370786517 133% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 23.0359550562 117% => OK
Sentence length SD: 67.3769568991 60.3974514979 112% => OK
Chars per sentence: 131.518518519 118.986275619 111% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.6666666667 23.4991977007 118% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.11111111111 5.21951772744 98% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 18.0 10.2758426966 175% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.323974739401 0.243740707755 133% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.111746229996 0.0831039109588 134% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0755562447153 0.0758088955206 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.221172828002 0.150359130593 147% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0588510739385 0.0667264976115 88% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.8 14.1392134831 105% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.53 48.8420337079 108% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.6 12.1743820225 103% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.57 12.1639044944 87% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.96 8.38706741573 95% => OK
difficult_words: 141.0 100.480337079 140% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.2143820225 114% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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