Reasoning in a chain
One subject that I found interesting was reasoning in a chain. I often times reason in a chain with my boyfriend. Just this past weekend I reasoned in a chain with him so that we could both do what we wanted to do. So I told him that I would come visit him if he would take me to a movie. Then he reasoned that if he took me to a movie then we would have to get dinner after. Then I reasoned that that if we went to dinner then he would have to treat me. So in conclusion, if I come to visit him he would have to take me to dinner and a movie. All of the premises were conditional and depended on the claim before. Reasoning in chain requires steps. For my example, I broke it down into steps:
If I come to visit him (A), then he would have to take me to a movie(B).
If he takes me to a movie (B), then we would have to get dinner after (C).
If we go get dinner (C), then he would have to treat me (D).
If A a is true then we can conclude that D will happen. They are all conditional steps.
I enjoyed reading your post because it was very straight forward and simple in describing how to reason in a chain. I feel like the example could relate to many couples. It seems like couples always want something in return, and rarely do things for each other just for the hell of it. For example, you would not visit your boyfriend unless he took you to dinner. Then he insisted that if you two were to watch a movie, you both would have to go eat dinner. There’s nothing wrong with that though! When reasoning with another, both sides get something they want. Sounds like a good date :)
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