I learned about raising objections and refuting and argument in chapter 7.
People raise objections when somebody argues with an argument. According to the text, "raising objections is a standard way to show that an argument is bad"(Epstein 149). When someone raises objections we are showing that the argument is not strong or we start questioning a premise. An example of raising objections is
Bob: Going to college is a waste of time and money.
Ben: No its not, people go to college to start their careers and get a head in life. (objection)
Bob: Well, I can get ahead in life by working at a regular job and building my way up.(answer)
Ben: It will be easier just go to college, besides most careers want people to have at least a bachelors degree or even a masters degree. (objection)
Bob: The career that I'm thinking of getting into doesn't require me to go to college. (answer)
The textbook says that you can either refute and argument directly or indirectly. One way to directly refute an argument is to prove at least one of the premises is dubious. One way to indirectly refute an argument is to "reduce to the absurd" which is "to show that at least one of the several claims is false or dubious" (Epstein 150).
It seems like most people have pick this topic for the chapter 7. I think that the topic of raising the objections to the claims are really important. Most of the time people have done just so without realizing it. Not everyone can agree on the same claim or solution. As the result, there are objections when people have different opinions. These opinions than can be conflicted with the original claim and raise the objections to that claim. So, I think that it is important for people to understand what it is they are doing when they are raising objections to the claim.
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