Another aspect of chapter eight I found interesting the general claims and their contradictions. A general claim is when something is asserted in a general way is stated about a collection. For example all sorority girls are blonde, Jen is a sorority girl so Jen must be blonde. This may seem valid but it is not. Girls in sororities have different hair color and are not all blonde. All means every single one with no exceptions and I think people need to use this word more carefully when stating a claim. When using the word “some” it means a least one but not all and is a really vague word to use in an argument because it is not a specific number. The word “no” means not a single one with no exceptions and needs to be sure when inserted into an argument that exceptions can not be made.
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