Question

A valid argument is one that, if its premises are accepted as true, has (Points : 1)

Answer 1

1. If we discover that a deductive argument is not valid, we should

ANS. reject using it.

2. Question :People study reason in order to:

understand their own reasoning better.

Prevent being deceived by bad arguments.

improving their skills in arguing.

ANS- All of the above


3. Question : A valid argument is an argument that is such that

ANS- if its premises are true, guarantees the truth of the conclusion.


4. Question : Which of these could be seen as a premise in an argument?

Rectangles have four sides.

Apples are better than oranges.

John likes to read long books.

ANS - All of the above


5. Question : "If I do well in logic, then I will be happy" is called a ______________ sentence.

ANS- conditional.

6.Question : "Deborah loves Ron; Ron loves Deborah; therefore Deborah and Ron love each other" is

ANS - an argument


7.Question : Which of the following sentences is not grammatical, or syntactically well-formed?

ANS - Apples black are.


8. Ques tion : Which of the following is most likely to be a conclusion?

ANS - Consequently Paris is in France


9.Question : To identify an argument, one should try to identify

ANS - the premises and conclusion.


10. Question : An argument can have

ANS - any number of premises.

Answer 2

1. The premises of an argument are

ANS - CORRECT true or false.

2.If I expect that something in the future will be similar to something in the past, it is likely that I am using

CORRECT inductive reasoning.

3.Question : A valid argument is one that, if its premises are accepted as true, has

ANS - a true conclusion.

4.Question : Assume you are given a sound argument. What do you know about it?

It is deductive.

It is valid.

ANS - Both A and B

None of the above


5.Question : "All dogs hate cats. Sirius is a dog. So Sirius hates cats" is an example of a

ANS - valid deductive argument.



6.Question : One way to make an inductive argument stronger is to


ANS- make the conclusion weaker.


7.Question : In logic, arguments are never described as

ANS - true.

8. Question : Even if an inductive argument is extremely strong, its conclusion may still

ANS- be false.


9.Question : Deductive arguments should never be characterized as


ANS - TRUE

10. Question : One way to make an inductive argument stronger is to

ANS - offer more reasons to support the conclusion.