Claim: The best test of an argument is its ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint.
Reason: Only by being forced to defend an idea against the doubts and contrasting views of others does one really discover the value of that idea.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.
The best test of an argument is in its ability to convince its whole audience in favor of the argument, not just the audience with opposing view.
Discussions on the arguments on various topics are very important for the development of the knowledge of humankind. The argument is regarded as valid only when it is proved unanimously. The main point in this validity is, the argument have to be valid to all persons, like someone with a opposite viewpoint, or someone who has not yet formed an opinion about the argument. The just arguments are meaningful in a way that is necessary for development of humankind. These kinds of arguments are self-sufficient in nature. They don’t need an opposing view to denote their moment. The voting rights for women, or the tradition of slavery- have been passed as arguments first. When these arguments originated, there were opposing arguments present regarding these issues. Also, there were many persons who were not dogmatic to any views. To become valid, all these arguments had to be accepted by both schools of thought- the opposing views, and the unbiased views.
On the other hand, though the majority of arguments have its competition, some arguments might not have an opposing viewpoint. Humankind is reagarded as the best life form in the universe, or speaking truth is the virtue of a pious man- these arguments doesn’t have an opposing view. But, the absence of the opposite viewpoint doesn’t render these arguments valueless.
In the history, we can see the value of many arguments is cardinal, regardless of the presence of their opposing views. For example, the argument for movement for eradication of recism is self-sufficient. It is for the equality of all persons. It doesn’t need an opposing viewpoint to justify it’s importance.
There are some fields where defending the argument against some opposing arguments to prove its validity. These kinds of argument is prevalent in scientific fields. The arguments for how the universe was created had many views. Only after the discoverty of Hubble, the right argument has been established, and it has been established by defending against opposing views.
The best way to test an argument is testing its validity in the rightness of it. Defence against opposing viewpoint is only a part of its test
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 288, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...valid to all persons, like someone with a opposite viewpoint, or someone who has ...
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Line 3, column 375, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...t formed an opinion about the argument. The just arguments are meaningful in a way ...
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Line 9, column 131, Rule ID: AGREEMENT_SENT_START[6]
Message: Possible agreement error. You should probably use: 'are'.
Suggestion: are
...e its validity. These kinds of argument is prevalent in scientific fields. The arg...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, regarding, so, for example, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 26.0 19.5258426966 133% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 12.4196629213 32% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 14.8657303371 40% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 6.0 11.3162921348 53% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 25.0 33.0505617978 76% => OK
Preposition: 55.0 58.6224719101 94% => OK
Nominalization: 22.0 12.9106741573 170% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1966.0 2235.4752809 88% => OK
No of words: 382.0 442.535393258 86% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.14659685864 5.05705443957 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.42095241839 4.55969084622 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.87112991147 2.79657885939 103% => OK
Unique words: 175.0 215.323595506 81% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.458115183246 0.4932671777 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 617.4 704.065955056 88% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 11.0 4.99550561798 220% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.77640449438 281% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 23.0359550562 65% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.7603915769 60.3974514979 61% => OK
Chars per sentence: 81.9166666667 118.986275619 69% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.9166666667 23.4991977007 68% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.79166666667 5.21951772744 53% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 10.2758426966 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 16.0 5.13820224719 311% => Less negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.304491871563 0.243740707755 125% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0993255490192 0.0831039109588 120% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0862124165921 0.0758088955206 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.211492148458 0.150359130593 141% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0813183906896 0.0667264976115 122% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.8 14.1392134831 76% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 56.25 48.8420337079 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.1743820225 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.29 12.1639044944 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.89 8.38706741573 94% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 100.480337079 85% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.0 11.2143820225 71% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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