In chapter 8 Epstein talks a lot about the general claims that we often make in everyday life. These claims often seem valid and premises may be true yet some of the facts are not always present and available, therefore it can be hard to see if the statement is valid. Epstein also mentions that there are multiple ways in which we can make general claims and thus there are many ways to introduce contradictions to those claims. From the reading of this first part of chapter 8, I think it is something that is often very common in our everyday chats, seeing as how I came up with several conversations in my head in which I would question if the statement was valid or not. I think this is something that is very helpful to learn and understand, so that we may no longer make such general claims. It took me several readings in order to find out exactly what Epstein was trying to say.
I commented on someone else's post about this same thing but general claims are very confusing! Every single person has their own definition for words like most, some, all etc. so when an argument or claim is put forward using words like this it makes it hard to analyze. The person saying the claim may use the word some thinking that it means almost all but not all, whereas the listener of the argument may think that some means very few. General claims are very hard to understand and they cause a lot of confusion among people. All the confusion could be avoided just by being more specific when you are speaking to someone.
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