INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Hugo lost an arm in a car accident last year. But surely he will get it back. Most things that are lost turn up sooner or later
A) No fallacy.
B) Equivocation.
C) Appeal to unqualified authority.
D) Amphiboly.
E) Composition.
B
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INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. George is an egotist. Therefore, he has an inflated impression of his own importance
A) Inductive, weak. B) Deductive, invalid. C) Inductive, strong. D) Deductive, valid. E) Inductive, cogent.
Hypothetical reasoning is a form of inductive reasoning. True False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Make this inductive (statistical) syllogism into a strong argument by supplying an appropriate premise or conclusion: People who go to Burning Man are not like you and me. Why just look at how odd Greg is!
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