After observing the author’s Propositions and Arguments, identify which of the originally stated problems were or weren’t appropraitely solved. Also observe what new problems arise from the proposed solutions, and which cases the author did not realized they had failed.
When judging an author’s Soundness there are four possible positions to take.
- They are uninformed.
- They are misinformed.
- They are illogical.
- Their analysis is incomplete.
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