We will be able to find out whether life exists on Venus only if we send a probe there. But
seeing that we cannot afford to send a probe to Venus in this economic recession, it looks like
we will not be able to find out whether life exists on Venus, at least not right now.
What will be an ideal response?
ANS:This
passage contains an argument. The issue is whether we will be able to find out
whether life exists on Venus. The conclusion is that we will not be able to find out whether
life exists on Venus. The first premise is that we will be able to find out whether life exists on
Venus only if we send a probe there. The second premise is that we cannot afford to send a
probe to Venus in this economic recession.
This argument is a deductive truth-functional argument
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