Causal arguments are arguments which comprise a cause and an effect.
Lets take an example
An exit poll conducted by a popular television news channel reveals that the incumbent will lose the presidential election. The channel cites sharp decline in per capita income of the electorate leading to an anti-incumbency wave.
Cause: anti -incumbency
Effect: incumbent’s losing the election
Reason: Decline in per capita income leads to the anti-incumbency wave, which leads to the incumbent losing the election
Causal arguments attribute a cause to an effect.
The conclusion is based on causal logic. A certain cause is attributed to the effect;
X, therefore Y.
When you see a critical reasoning question. First you need to break the argument into parts. Identify the
cause
effect
reason behind the causal relationship
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