Cause and Effect Website

The Cause and Effect Website reading was useful and very insightful. It demonstrated how people think when tracing back from an incident to the cause of an incident. The example was who was responsible for the car accident. The objective is to pinpoint exactly what was the cause of the accident. The question is, was it the bicycles fault for the accident or was it the fault of the person slamming the breaks? The strength of the argument relies on three main factors. According to the website, the first reason is how acceptable the implied comparison is. This basically means that we need to compare to other experiences with this instance in order to come to a conclusion. The second reason is how likely is the case for the causation which means how reasonable is it to say that A happened because of B. In this case, how likely is it to say that it was the bicycles fault that the driver immediately stepped on their breaks. The last claim according to the text is how credible the "only significant difference" or "only significant commonality" claim is meaning how credible is it to say that the bicycle was the only reason why there was an accident. Overall this reading was interesting.