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Reconstructing an Argument

This video presents the same text shown beside it, spoken and on screen. It adds nothing the text does not say.

State

Reconstructing an argument: converting a prose passage into numbered premises and a conclusion, so the reasoning can be evaluated in the open.

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Passage: "Since the city keeps cutting the bus routes, and people still need to get to work, ridership on the remaining lines will keep climbing."

Watch for

The most common failure is skipping step three—evaluating the argument while its load-bearing premise is still invisible.