INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. As the universe expands, it gets colder and colder. Furthermore, this expansion will continue for ever and ever. Therefore, at some point in the future the universe will become too cold to support human life, and all humans will perish
A) Deductive, invalid.
B) Deductive, valid.
C) Deductive, sound.
D) Inductive, strong.
E) Inductive, weak.
D
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Determine whether the following passage contains an argument; if it does, identify the main issue.A judge's finding that the FBI discriminated against its Hispanic agents is the second time in less than a year that the bureau has been embarrassed by its treatment of minority employees. Last November, black FBI agent Donald Rochon filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court accusing the bureau of racial harassment when he was an agent in Omaha. The suit is pending.Increasing the hiring of minorities and treating them equally for promotions must become a matter of greater concern to the FBI. Currently, there are only 423 Hispanic agents and 412 black agents out of a total of about 9,400. The statistics speak for themselves.
What will be an ideal response?
The South American Showdown thought experiment explores the
A. tension between utilitarianism and deontological moral theories. B. ruthlessness of South American justice. C. conflict between primitive and modern cultures. D. the barrenness of all moral theories.
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Sylvia is an American. Americans are 12 percent black, 4 percent Asian, and 13 percent Hispanic. Therefore, Sylvia is 12 percent black, 4 percent Asian, and 13 percent Hispanic
A) Hasty generalization. B) Appeal to the people. C) Composition. D) Division. E) No fallacy.
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Those boarding a bus are never required to pass through a security checkpoint. Therefore, those boarding an airliner should not be required to pass through a security checkpoint
A) Begging the question. B) False cause. C) Weak analogy. D) No fallacy. E) Missing the point.