INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule, says that Charles Darwin is the most important person to have ever lived. Therefore, it must be the case that Charles Darwin is indeed the most important person to have ever lived
A) Inductive, strong.
B) Deductive, invalid.
C) Inductive, weak.
D) Inductive, cogent.
E) Deductive, valid.
C
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