Instructions.++Analyze+and+evaluate+ the+analogical*argument+in+ the+following+p
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Instructions.++Analyze+and+evaluate+ the+analogical*argument+in+ the+following+passage.++Say+whether+ the+argument+is+strong+or+weak,+and+why.++ 1. The&president&has&announced& that&we&will¬& respond& to&a&biological&weapons&attack& here&in& the&U.S.&with&nuclear&weapons,&provided& the&country& from&which& the&attack&on& the&U.S.&originated&has&signed&the&nuclear&non>proliferation&treaty.&&But&that’s&like&going& out& onto& the& playground& where& there& are& a& bunch& of& kids& who& are& ready& to& fight& and& saying:& “Go&ahead.&&Punch&me&in& the& face&and& I&won’t&retaliate.”&& It’s&absurd!&&(Adapted& from&a&comment&made&by&Sarah&Palin&on&Hannity,&Fox&News,&2013) 2. Banning&guns& for&law&abiding&citizens&because&criminals&use& them& to&kill&people&is&like& banning& cars& because& some& people& use& them& to& drive& drunk& and& kill& people.& & In& both& cases,& you& are& restricting& the& activity& of& law& abiding& citizens& in& an& attempt& to& control& those,&who&by&definition,&do¬&follow&the&law.&The&result&is&people&who&wouldn't&break& the& law& in& the& first& place& are& restricted& and& people& who& don't& follow& the& law& will& continue& not& to& follow& the& law.& & (Elizabeth& Sheld,& Posted& Jan& 2013.&& http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/01/11/A>Gun>Control>Analogy) Instructions.++For+each+causal+argument+expressed+in+the+following+passages,+explain+how+the+reasoning+ is+supposed+to+work.++Which+of+Mill’s+Methods+of+causal+analysis+is+being+used+to+draw+the+conclusion?+++ 3. Amanda,&Barbara,&and&Cathy&all&stayed&the&night&at&a&Bed&&&Breakfast&on&the&Cape.&&They& had& a& good& time& all& weekend& until& Amanda& and& Cathy& got& sick.& & Barbara& had& to& drive& everyone&home.&&At&dinner,&the&night&before&they&got&sick,&Amanda&had&the&Chicken,&but& Cathy& had& the& Fish.& & Everyone& went& swimming& at& the& pool& that& night,& though.& & So& Dorothy,&Barabara’s&friend&who&is&a&doctor,&suggested&that&it&was&probably&something&in& the&pool&that&got&her&two&friends&sick.&& 4. In& order& to& determine& the& effectiveness& of& a& new& antidepression& medication,& doctors& selected&200&subjects&at&random&for&clinical&trials.&&Subjects&were&then÷d&into&two& groups.& & One& group& ,& the& experimental& group)& received& the& new& antidepression& medication.&&The&other&group,& the&control&group,&received&a&placebo&instead.&&After& the& trial,& subjects& in& the& experimental& group& reported& feeling& much& less& depressed& than& before.&&Subjects&in& the&control&group&did¬&report&any&improvement.&&The&scientists& who& conducted& the& study& concluded& that& the& new& antidepression& medication& was& effective&in&reducing&depression.&&
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are you posting some link or something, the mentioned link in your post refers to some blog