Question

As a student of critical thinking, you are at a conference and you hear one of the panellists utter the statement that "a cellular phone is a phone that is cellular" How might you explain to the speaker the problem with this assertion? Suggest an alternative definition and explain to the speaker why your alternative does a better job than his.

Answer 1

That statement is stating the obvious, but it doesn’t sound the best to begin with. You could say, “a cellular phone is a phone that uses data”