Week of September 25 Question3

I found something interesting in chapter 4 where Epstein describes the unrepairable arguments. According to Epstein we don’t repair an argument if there is no argument there. The argument is so lacking in coherence that there is nothing obvious to add. A premise it uses is false or dubious and cannot be deleted. Two of its premises are contradictory, and neither can be deleted. The obvious premise to add would make the argument weak. The obvious premise to add to make the argument strong or valid is false. The conclusion is clearly false. . The book gives an example of an unrepairable argument about alcoholism and how it is a disease that people can overcome within themselves but wants more treatment center to be built. The two claims that alcoholism and treatment centers should be built contradict each other, which is one of the things that makes an argument unrepairable. When an argument contradicts itself within its claim it is fair to say that the argument is no good and is unrepairable.