Each of the following is intended to be a refutation by logical analogy. Identify the argument being
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Each of the following is intended to be a refutation by logical analogy. Identify the argument being refuted in each and the refuting analogy, and decide whether they do indeed have the same argument form.
The argument against new highways is given forceful statement by three distinguished urban planners: the authors write: “The only long term solutions to traffic are public transit and coordinated land use.” New highways, they argue, bring “induced traffic.” So building more highways will only cause more traffic congestion, not less. 18 A highly critical reviewer responds to this argument as follows: “This is nonsense. . . . Long lines at a grocery store would not prompt anyone to say, ‘Well, we can’t build any more grocery stores. That would only bring out more customers.’ Building more highways wouldn’t lure cars. The cars come anyway.”
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Introduction To Logic
ISBN: 9781138500860
15th Edition
Authors: Irving M. Copi, Carl Cohen, Victor Rodych