Criteria for Cause and Effect

In every chapter we go over, the sections that include the boxes help me out the most. These are the boxes that highlight the basics of what the chapter is about. In section 8 of chapter 15, the criteria for cause and effect section sums up the chapter for me. In this section, you can figure out how to recognize if an argument can be categorized as a legitimate cause and effect argument. Basically, these are the rules that a cause and effect argument have to follow. By looking at this section, I find it easier to identify examples of cause and effect.

The section is designed to sum up the chapter and everything we've learned about, however I find it as the most important section in the chapter. Many of the exercises deal with recognizing arguments, so understanding what a cause and effect argument looks like and is made up of, so sections like this one, in my opinion, make completing these exercises simple and easy to learn.