A) Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive; supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better left unstated. B) Diagram the argument.Toyota is raising its prices by 3 percent on January 1, and we won't be able to afford one if we wait until then. Besides that, the old heap won't make it to the first of the year. We'll have to buy now. If we cannot afford a Toyota after January 1, we'll have to buy now. If the old heap won't make it to the first of the year, we'll have to buy now.

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary.

Philosophy & Belief

You might also like to view...

In postclassical Hinduism, this god known as "the destroyer" is responsible for death, destruction, and disease

a. Shiva b. Brahma c. Yoni d. Parvati

Philosophy & Belief

Descartes' methodological departure is an attitude of ____________________ and skepticism

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Philosophy & Belief

INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Practically everyone has driven home at one time or other after having had a few drinks. Therefore, you shouldn't have any problem with driving home now, even though you're a bit tipsy

A) You, too (tu quoque). B) Hasty generalization. C) No fallacy. D) Appeal to the people. E) False dichotomy.

Philosophy & Belief

David Hume would call experiencing the redness of an apple _______, while the memory of its color would be _______.

a. an optical event/a brain event b. an impression/an idea c. an idea of sensation/ an idea of reflection d. reality/an appearance

Philosophy & Belief