INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each immediate inference. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint for these problems. No tooth fairies are clumsy buffoons. Therefore, it is false that all tooth fairies are clumsy buffoons
A) Invalid, existential fallacy.
B) Invalid, illicit contrary.
C) Invalid, illicit subalternation.
D) Valid.
E) Invalid, illicit subcontrary.
A
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Wittgenstein was a dolt
indicate whether this statement is true or false
Pagan systems were both doctrinally and theologically exclusive
a. True b. False
INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. A divining rod is a magical device for detecting hidden water, metal, and gemstones. Your friend Roger is using his divining rod on the beach right now. Therefore, he'll likely find some diamonds buried beneath the sand
A) Deductive, valid. B) Inductive, strong. C) Deductive, invalid. D) Inductive, weak. E) Deductive, unsound.