Argument 109(GRE)

[74299] 主题： Argument 109(GRE)


作者： donata	标题： Argument 109(GRE)
昵称： donata-卖身给GRE了	来自： 211.162..
经验值： 4937	发贴时间： 2003年07月20日 20:28:22
等级：对答如流	长度： 2425字

	Argument 109 In the argument, the author claims that the company should resume the produc tion of wool fabric. To support the conclusion, the arguer points out that c ustomers should be willing to pay significantly higher prices for alpaca ove rcoats, and the company profits will increase. In addition, the arguer reaso ns that since the company has not offered a alpaca overcoat for five years a nd its major competitor no longer makes an alpaca overcoat, the coat should sell very well. This argument suffers from many critical fallacies. First, the argument is based “on all things are equal”, the arguer simply assumes that they should resume the production because they have reliable su pplies of high-quality wool fabric. But it doesn’t follow that as soon as t hey have the supplies, they should resume, for the fact which caused them st opped producing five years ago can’t be a sound reason for the resume. The arguer just assume the background remain the same as 5 years ago without any statement. Secondly, the arguer commits a fallacy of ether-or-choice. Even under the co ndition that the company’s competitor no longer makes an alpaca overcoat, i t can’t come that the company will occupy the market, for there are other c ompanies joining in the competition. Further more, the reasons why the compe titor quit the market is unknown, one of them maybe the market is atrophying and no longer brings profits. If so, it’s not a good choice to resume the production. Thirdly, the arguer hints that customers should be willing to pay significan tly higher prices for alpaca overcoats, and the company profits will increas e. But obviously it doesn’t reasoning. If the purchasing power continues go ing down during the recent years, it is foolish to raise the price. If the w ool fabric is no longer welcomed by the custemers, high price can’t be acce pted, either. And, if the cost of wool fabric rises, the total cost can’t b e beaten down, the increase of profit seems impossible. In my opinion, the arguer fails to fabric the argument austerely. Three defe cts are fatal. To better evaluate the argument, we would need more informati on about the market distribution and the need for the market. 30mins 381 words, far from 500words,5555 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 春色三分，二分尘土，一分流水，细看来，不是扬花，点点是，离人泪…… 十年生死两茫茫，不思量，自难忘…… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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作者： penspeed	标题： RE:Argument 109(GRE)
昵称：喷速度	来自： 61.171..
经验值： 13125	发贴时间： 2003年07月20日 21:53:07
等级：博大精深	长度： 20字

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