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.
Naturally, each individual has different perspective toward each subject. Controversial subjects, especially, have opponents and proponents that not necessarily could convince each other in the case of lacking strength. I agree with the claim and the reason that an argument with its ability to convince the opposing views would be tested well.
First of all, to be able to defend an idea against the opposing perspectives, the argument should be solid and logical. When the author of an argument, for instance, try to answer the opponent’s questions, he must have deep knowledge about the central issue and the inferior details. Otherwise, he could not convince the opponents and defend his point of view. Consider a graduate student as an example. When he researches about his Master’s thesis, he encounters many contrasting views and he should prepare himself and his thesis to be able to defend against those opposing views. If he fails to convince any contrasting view point, his Master’s thesis will not be accepted as an outstanding research in that field. Apparently, the professors who observing his endeavor, evaluate his research and thesis based on his ability to convince the viewpoints that are opposite of the student’s perspective. Therefore, this is the best test of that content.
Some people might argue that there are too many arguments in the world which are valuable without having the ability to convince the opponents. However, by examining deeper to those arguments, we will notice that they have failed to provide profound information or evidence to become such a comprehensive argument that elaborate more about the opposite views. For instance, the argument that Galileo had about the earth that is not flat, failed to provide enough evidence to convince the church and the opponents. If he had sufficient proves such as the pictures of the modern telescopes, then the opponents would have been agreed with him.
On the other hand, this claim needs a modification to be more complete. It’s not correct that each argument that could not defend against the contradictory ideas, holds no value. In the case of religious debates, each group believes in their own faith. If someone Catholic does not convince with a Muslim’s argument, it does not mean that Islam has lower merit than Christianity. Religious arguments are presented in the first place to be upheld by faith and not reason. Accordingly, this believes should not be contradicted because it would lead to religious tensions, and as we witness these days, there are lots of religious wars that have no winner.
All in all, an argument should be strong enough, and full of solid evidence, to be able to convince the contrasting viewpoints. Therefore, it will be a valuable argument that will be used in every sophisticated research and will be referred many times by scholars.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 679, Rule ID: A_UNCOUNTABLE[3]
Message: Uncountable nouns are usually not used with an indefinite article. Use simply 'outstanding research'.
Suggestion: outstanding research
...Master’s thesis will not be accepted as an outstanding research in that field. Apparently, the professo...
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Line 4, column 490, Rule ID: BELIEVE_BELIEF[1]
Message: Did you mean 'beliefs' (noun) instead of believes (verb)?
Suggestion: beliefs
...faith and not reason. Accordingly, this believes should not be contradicted because it w...
^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 266, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ill be referred many times by scholars.
^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, apparently, first, however, if, so, then, therefore, well, for instance, such as, first of all, in the first place, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.5258426966 108% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 12.4196629213 137% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 11.3162921348 168% => OK
Pronoun: 47.0 33.0505617978 142% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 57.0 58.6224719101 97% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 12.9106741573 124% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2411.0 2235.4752809 108% => OK
No of words: 468.0 442.535393258 106% => OK
Chars per words: 5.15170940171 5.05705443957 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.65116196802 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.81671185873 2.79657885939 101% => OK
Unique words: 225.0 215.323595506 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.480769230769 0.4932671777 97% => OK
syllable_count: 738.9 704.065955056 105% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 6.24550561798 192% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.8390526519 60.3974514979 74% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.826086957 118.986275619 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.347826087 23.4991977007 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.34782608696 5.21951772744 122% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => 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: 0.319460581997 0.243740707755 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0957621232439 0.0831039109588 115% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0928348858141 0.0758088955206 122% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.169257314088 0.150359130593 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0717077600575 0.0667264976115 107% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.0 14.1392134831 92% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.8420337079 105% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.59 12.1639044944 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.07 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 102.0 100.480337079 102% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 679, Rule ID: A_UNCOUNTABLE[3]
Message: Uncountable nouns are usually not used with an indefinite article. Use simply 'outstanding research'.
Suggestion: outstanding research
...Master’s thesis will not be accepted as an outstanding research in that field. Apparently, the professo...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 490, Rule ID: BELIEVE_BELIEF[1]
Message: Did you mean 'beliefs' (noun) instead of believes (verb)?
Suggestion: beliefs
...faith and not reason. Accordingly, this believes should not be contradicted because it w...
^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 266, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ill be referred many times by scholars.
^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, apparently, first, however, if, so, then, therefore, well, for instance, such as, first of all, in the first place, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.5258426966 108% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 12.4196629213 137% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 11.3162921348 168% => OK
Pronoun: 47.0 33.0505617978 142% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 57.0 58.6224719101 97% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 12.9106741573 124% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2411.0 2235.4752809 108% => OK
No of words: 468.0 442.535393258 106% => OK
Chars per words: 5.15170940171 5.05705443957 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.65116196802 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.81671185873 2.79657885939 101% => OK
Unique words: 225.0 215.323595506 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.480769230769 0.4932671777 97% => OK
syllable_count: 738.9 704.065955056 105% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 6.24550561798 192% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.8390526519 60.3974514979 74% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.826086957 118.986275619 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.347826087 23.4991977007 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.34782608696 5.21951772744 122% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => 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: 0.319460581997 0.243740707755 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0957621232439 0.0831039109588 115% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0928348858141 0.0758088955206 122% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.169257314088 0.150359130593 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0717077600575 0.0667264976115 107% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.0 14.1392134831 92% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.8420337079 105% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.59 12.1639044944 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.07 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 102.0 100.480337079 102% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.