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The Instructor Manual for A Concise Introduction to Logic, 12th Edition by Patrick Hurley (ISBN: 978-1285196541) provides complete solutions and teaching guidance for all textbook chapters. This 100% verified, original manual is designed for logic instructors and students seeking a comprehensive understanding of formal logic, critical reasoning, and problem-solving strategies. It contains step-by-step solutions, answers, and explanations for exercises, making it an essential resource for lesson planning, assignments, and exam preparation. Topics Covered Propositional logic and truth tables Logical equivalence and rules of inference Predicate logic and quantifiers Methods of proof: direct, indirect, and contradiction Formal fallacies and informal reasoning Symbolic logic and translation Argument analysis and evaluation Critical thinking and problem-solving strategies What This Instructor Manual Includes Complete solutions for all chapters Step-by-step explanations and answers for exercises 100% original, verified, and accurate content Perfect for instructors’ lesson planning and student reference A+ grade quality content ensuring accuracy and completeness This manual is highly useful for students and instructors in philosophy, logic, computer science, and critical thinking courses, providing a reliable guide for mastering formal logic concepts.

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A Concise
Introduction to Logic, 12e Patrick Hurley
(Instructor Manual All Chapters, 100% Original
Verified, A+ Grade)

, Exercise 1.1
Exercise Answers

Chapter 1

Exercise
1.1 Part I

1. P: Carbon monoxide molecules happen to be just the right size and shape, and
happen to have just the right chemical properties, to fit neatly into cavities
within hemoglobin molecules in blood that are normally reserved for oxygen
molecules.
C: Carbon monoxide diminishes the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood.

2. P: The good, according to Plato, is that which furthers a person's real
interests. C: In any given case when the good is known, men will seek
it.

3. P: The denial or perversion of justice by the sentences of courts, as well as in
any other manner, is with reason classed among the just causes of war.
C: The federal judiciary ought to have cognizance of all causes in which the citizens of
other countries are concerned.

4. P: When individuals voluntarily abandon property, they forfeit any expectation of
privacy in it that they might have had.
C: A warrantless search and seizure of abandoned property is not unreasonable
under the Fourth Amendment.

5. P1: Artists and poets look at the world and seek relationships and order.
P2: But they translate their ideas to canvas, or to marble, or into poetic
images. P3 Scientists try to find relationships between different objects
and events.
P4: To express the order they find, they create hypotheses and theories.
C: The great scientific theories are easily compared to great art and great literature.

6. P1: The animal species in Australia are very different from those on the mainland.
P2: Asian placental mammals and Australian marsupial mammals have not been in
contact in the last several million years.
C: There was never a land bridge between Australia and the mainland

7. P1: We need sleep to think clearly, react quickly, and create memories.
P2: Studies show that people who are taught mentally challenging tasks do better after a
good night’s sleep.
P3: Other research suggests that sleep is needed for creative problem solving.
C: It really does matter if you get enough sleep.




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, Exercise 1.1


8. P1: The classroom teacher is crucial to the development and academic success of the
average student.
P2: Administrators simply are ancillary to this effort.
C: Classroom teachers ought to be paid at least the equivalent of administrators at all
levels, including the superintendent.

9. P1: An agreement cannot bind unless both parties to the agreement know what they
are doing and freely choose to do it.
C: The seller who intends to enter a contract with a customer has a duty to disclose
exactly
what the customer is buying and what the terms of the sale are.

10. P1: Punishment, when speedy and specific, may suppress undesirable
behavior. P2: Punishment cannot teach or encourage desirable
alternatives.
C: It is crucial to use positive techniques to model and reinforce appropriate
behavior that the person can use in place of the unacceptable response that has
to be suppressed.

11. P1: High profits are the signal that consumers want more of the output of the industry.
P2: High profits provide the incentive for firms to expand output and for more firms
to enter the industry in the long run.
P3: For a firm of above average efficiency, profits represent the reward for greater
efficiency.
C: Profit serves a very crucial function in a free enterprise economy, such as our own.

12. P1: My cat regularly used to close and lock the door to my neighbor's doghouse,
trapping their sleeping Doberman inside.
P2: Try telling a cat what to do, or putting a leash on him--he'll glare at you and say, "I
don't
think so. You should have gotten a
dog." C: Cats can think circles around
dogs.

13. P1: Private property helps people define themselves.
P2: Private property frees people from mundane cares of daily
subsistence. P3: Private property is finite.
C: No individual should accumulate so much property that others are prevented from
accumulating the necessities of life.

14. P1: To every existing thing God wills some good.
P2: To love any thing is nothing else than to will good to that
thing. C: It is manifest that God loves everything that exists.

15. P1: The average working man can support no more than two children.
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, Exercise 1.1
P2: The average working woman can take care of no more than two children in
decent fashion.
C: Women of the working class, especially wage workers, should not have more than
two
children at most.




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