Plausible and Implausible Claims

In the text, Epstein talks about plausible and implausible claims. Plausible claims can be defined as when an individual has a very good reason to believe that the point that is being made is true and valid. An example of a plausible claim would be that little girls love the color pink. This would be a plausible claim because young girls are taught that the color pink is associated with girls resulting in them loving the color pink and anything and everything that comes in that shade. An implausible claim, otherwise known as a dubious claim, is a claim that leaves an individual to feel like there is no way that the point being made is true and valid. An example of this would be that cats bark. This statement is completely not true because cats do not bark. This statement would be a perfect example because everyone knows that cats do not bark which completes the definition of an implausible claim.