Exercises for CA

I thought the exercises for Casual Arguments was one of the better exercises I’ve run through. The reason I found it so insightful was because of the scenarios presented at their clear application to Casual argumentation. For example, one of the questions asked was, “Five people became sick at the company picnic. Which of the following might be considered the most significant “commonality” in their illnesses?” The choices were vague but the correct answer was determinable. The answer is “they all ate the potato salad.” Why I enjoyed so much is because it elucidated Casual arguments in complex scenarios as well as simple. The exercises worked their way up in complexity until they really had me going over what a casual argument really is. What I took from the string of questions about the company picnic was a way of going through a checklist in my head and determining if there is only one difference, therefore making it a casual argument, or, if it does not all add up and is really a fallacy.