"As a Rule" - 09/13/11

Last night's reading discussed the importance of the use of "Logos" in your argument. Along with Pathos and Ethos, Aristotle proposed that it is one of the three kind of arguments or proofs that are convincing in rhetoric, as arguments found in the issue itself.

Aristotle mentioned that "as a rule" there is a higher chance your significant other is going to be upset about you coming home late than there is that you're going to get a winning hand at your poker night. However, the odds you get a winning hand can be mathematically predicted, whereas your significant other's emotional reactions cannot.

I just thought this was interesting. I know it's not the most important concept in the chapter, but it intrigued me that emotional odds are heavier than mathematical odds, even if they can't be equally or exactly predicted.