INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer for each multiple choice question. Which of the following are all inductive arguments?

A) Generalizations, arguments from authority, arguments based on signs.

B) Disjunctive syllogisms, arguments based on mathematics, arguments from definition.

C) Causal inferences, arguments from definition, predictions.

D) Arguments from analogy, arguments from authority, hypothetical syllogisms.

E) Categorical syllogisms, arguments from authority, predictions.


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