Argument: No Hamsters eat hamburgers. So Speedy does not eat hamburgers.
Analysis: Speedy is a hamster is the only premises that can come out of this statement. With that said, stating that Speedy is a hamster would then make this argument either a valid or strong argument. We do not add Speedy eats hamster food, even though it would be common knowledge to myself because if we were to add Speedy eats hamster food, even though that would be also a true statement, we don’t because stating that would not make the argument any better in the end. Also, since The Guide to Repairing Arguments, in our book titled, “Critical Thinking” by Richard L. Epstein and Carolyn Kernberger, lists three rules to go by when you are fixing an argument, Number one states, “The argument becomes stronger or valid”. This means that whatever you do to an argument it should in turn make your argument better in the end.
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