Each of the following is intended to be a refutation by logical analogy. Identify the argument being
Question:
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.
Steve Brill, founder of Court TV, has no doubt that cameras belong in the courtroom, and answers some critics in the following way: “Some lawyers and judges say that TV coverage makes the system look bad. They confuse the messenger with the message. If press coverage of something makes it look bad, that is a reason to have the press coverage. That criticism is like saying that because journalists were allowed to be with the troops in Vietnam, the Vietnam War was ruined.”
—Steve Brill, “Trial: A Starting Place for Reform,”
The Ann Arbor (MI) News , 12 June 1995
Step by Step Answer:
Introduction To Logic
ISBN: 9781138500860
15th Edition
Authors: Irving M. Copi, Carl Cohen, Victor Rodych