ANSWER: QUESTION 1
Valid Argument
·
All
Christian go to church
All
Christian go to church
Lydia is a Christian
Therefore Lydia is a
Christian
Christian
·
If
Socrates was a philosopher, then he was not a historian
If
Socrates was a philosopher, then he was not a historian
Socrates was not a
historian
historian
So Socrates was a
philosopher
philosopher
ANSWER: QUESTION 2
Inductive Argument: this type of argument that does not claimed to
demonstrate the truth of their conclusion as premises, but is intended merely
to support their conclusion as probable or probably true. It is a present
argument in which its conclusion is wider in application than the premise.
demonstrate the truth of their conclusion as premises, but is intended merely
to support their conclusion as probable or probably true. It is a present
argument in which its conclusion is wider in application than the premise.
Example:
I counted five or six people with green eyes
Therefore all the people have green eyes
While Deductive
Argument is one in which the premises provide enough basis for the
correctness of the conclusion. It enables the justification of the conclusion
via the relevance and correctness of the premises. The deals with valid and
invalid. Here we have major premises, minor premises and conclusion. It goes
from general to specific.
Argument is one in which the premises provide enough basis for the
correctness of the conclusion. It enables the justification of the conclusion
via the relevance and correctness of the premises. The deals with valid and
invalid. Here we have major premises, minor premises and conclusion. It goes
from general to specific.
Example:
·
All men
are mortal
All men
are mortal
Joe is a man
Therefore Joe is a
mortal
mortal
·
Since
all humans are mortal
Since
all humans are mortal
I am a human
Then I am mortal
ANSWER: QUESTION 3
True P False
R
R
Either God exist Either
God do not exist
God do not exist
2 + 2 is not equal = 5 2 + 2 = 5
So God exist So
God do not exist
God do not exist
P |
R |
P.R |
T |
T |
T |
T |
F |
F |
F |
T |
F |
F |
F |
F |
Where P= True
R= False
P.R = True – False
Where P is true, and R is true, P.R is true where P is true and R is
false, P.R is false; where P is false and R is true, P.R is false where P is
false and R is false P.R is false.
false, P.R is false; where P is false and R is true, P.R is false where P is
false and R is false P.R is false.