Question

Arguments are tools. What is one major difference between arguments (viewed as tools) and other tools such as hand-held media devices, computers, laptops, automobiles, light-switches, toaster-ovens, plasma TVs, etc.? (Hint: do you have to understand how your Sony plasma works in order to use it?)

Answer 1

An argument is a main idea or a claim or thesis statement that is backed up with evidence that supports the idea. They form the back bone or the fundamental principles that shape the real time tools such as  hand-held media devices, computers, laptops, automobiles, light-switches, toaster-ovens, plasma TVs, etc. Without arguments we will not be able to use these tools. We have to understand the underlying logic behind the tool so that we can be comfortable with it. This is what an argument helps us with.