Consider this argument: Bob is 13 feet tall So, Bob is taller than most other people Suppose there are no implicit premises: this is the whole argument. Which of the following is true about this argument?
A) The premise entails the conclusion because, if the premise is true, the conclusion has to be true.
B) The premise does not entail the conclusion because, if the premise is true, the conclusion could still be false ( setting aside facts not supplied by the premise ).
C) The premise entails the conclusion because, setting aside facts not supplied by the premise, there is no way the premise could be true and the conclusion false.
D) The premise does not entail the conclusion because it has no suppositional strength.
Ans: B) The premise does not entail the conclusion because, if the premise is true, the conclusion could still be false ( setting aside facts not supplied by the premise ).
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