Answer the following questions based on critical thinking.
1. Which of the below are true of an argument’s form?
*Note: This question has more than one right answer – mark all that apply.*
It is the same thing as the argument’s inference.
It has absolutely nothing to do with determining the truth status of the argument’s conclusion (that is, when we take into consideration the truth status of the premises).
It links the evidentiary support presented in the premises to the supported conclusion.
If the argument is deductive, its form can either be valid or invalid.
You can symbolize it with letters or in some other way regardless of the particular meaning of the premises.
It has absolutely nothing to do with the concepts of soundness, unsoundness, cogency, and uncogency.
QUESTION 2
1. Which of the below options is NOT true of an argument’s content?
It is distinct from (yet related to in determining the truth status of the argument’s conclusion) the argument’s form.
It refers to the premises and conclusions of arguments.
You can NOT learn anything about the argument’s conclusion based on the truth of the premises and the structure of the argument’s inference.
The parts of the argument that comprise the argument’s content are true or false.
QUESTION 3
1. Which of the below descriptions best characterizes the following passage?
“Rachel and Jessica have very toned bodies, and they work out on a Roboflex exercise machine. So if I use a Roboflex exercise machine, I’ll be able to get the same results.”
an inductive argument
a deductive argument
not an argument
a practical argument
QUESTION 4
1. Which of the below descriptions best characterizes the following passage?
“To every existing thing God wills some good. Hence, since to love anything is nothing else than to will good to that thing, it is manifest that God loves everything that exists.”
a deductive argument
an inductive argument
an analogical argument
not an argument
QUESTION 5
1. Which of the below descriptions best characterizes the following passage?
“U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders supports a nationalized healthcare system run by the government – a system that parallels one employed by Nazi Germany in the middle of the twentieth century. Sanders then is a fascist in the mold of Adolf Hitler.”
a practical argument
