"If City Council member Jones is to win the mayor's race then she will have to be the nominee of a major party. But Jones will not be the nominee of a major party. As a result, she will not win the mayor's race" is
A) an argument B) a non-argument
A
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Arrange the lettered items below in order of increasingly favorable emotive meaning. Instructor and/or students may want to fuss about some of our rankings in these problems. We've said (a) = (b) when (a) and (b) seem equally favorable to us.a. Danielle sings beautifully.b. Danielle has an excellent ear for pitch, a wide range, perfect timbre, and fine phrasing.c. Danielle sings like an angel.d. Danielle is a competent singer
What will be an ideal response?
Syllogism 3A Given the following syllogism: Jack can't be a mechanic because every mechanic owns tools, and Jack does not own any tools. For Syllogism 3A, the minor premise is:
A) All mechanics are people who own tools. B) No people who own tools are not mechanics. C) All people who own tools are mechanics. D) No people identical to Jack are people who own tools. E) No people identical to Jack are mechanics.
"Since landing on the Red Planet in early 2004, the rovers have gathered important data about Martian geology" is
A) a negation B) a conjunction C) a disjunction D) a simple proposition
Use a Venn diagram to evaluate the following argument: "If something is an oak, then it's a tree. Roses aren't trees. So, roses aren't oaks." This argument is ________.
A. valid but has false premises B. invalid but has true premises and a true conclusion C. valid and has true premises D. invalid and has at least one false premise E. None of the answers are correct