A CONCISE INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC 14TH
EDITION PATRICK HURLEY TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS REVIEW SHEET
◉ What is an Explicit Claim.
Answer: Asserted b y Premise or Conclusion Indicator words
Examples: Thus, Since, Because, Hence, Therefore, Ect.
"The Ebola virus has yet to be eradicated, and it kills on average 50
percent of those it infects. Thus, Ebola remains as threat to human
health."
◉ What are Noninferential Passages.
Answer: Unproblematic passages that lack a claim that anything is
being proved. *Not arguments*
◉ Examples of Noninferential passages.
Answer: -Warning
-Piece of Advice
-Opinions
,-Loosely associated statements
-Reports
◉ Expository Passage.
Answer: Discourse that beings with a topic sentence followed by one
more more sentences that develop the topic sentence. Not an
argument unless the topic sentences are proven.
◉ Illustrations.
Answer: expression involving one or more examples that is intended
to show what something means or how it is done. *not arguments*
◉ Explanations vs Arguments.
Answer: Argument:
Premises (Accepted Facts) > Conclusion (Claimed to prove)
Explanation:
Explanation (Sheds Light on) > Expanandum (Accepted Fact)
◉ Conditional Statements.
, Answer: If (antecedent) then (consequent). (Consequent) if
(antecedent)
◉ IS IT AN ARGUMENT? *Practice*
In areas where are a problem, it is very difficult to exterminate them
with bait poison. That's because some rats eat enough poison to die
but others eat only enough to become sick and then learn to avoid
particular poison taste in the future..
Answer: Explanation: "In areas where rats, it is very difficult to
exterminate them with bait poison"
◉ IS IT AN ARGUMENT? *Practice*
If someone avoids and is afraid of everything, standing firm against
nothing, he becomes cowardly if he is afraid of nothing at all and
goes to face everything, he becomes rash. Similarly, if he gratifies
himself with every pleasure and abstains from none, he becomes
intemperate; if he avoids them all, he becomes some sort of
insensible person. Temperance and bravery, then, are ruined by
excess and deficiency, but preserved by the mean..
Answer: Argument: "Temperance and bravery, then, are ruined by
excess and deficiency, but preserved by the mean."
◉ Deductive Arguments.
EDITION PATRICK HURLEY TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS REVIEW SHEET
◉ What is an Explicit Claim.
Answer: Asserted b y Premise or Conclusion Indicator words
Examples: Thus, Since, Because, Hence, Therefore, Ect.
"The Ebola virus has yet to be eradicated, and it kills on average 50
percent of those it infects. Thus, Ebola remains as threat to human
health."
◉ What are Noninferential Passages.
Answer: Unproblematic passages that lack a claim that anything is
being proved. *Not arguments*
◉ Examples of Noninferential passages.
Answer: -Warning
-Piece of Advice
-Opinions
,-Loosely associated statements
-Reports
◉ Expository Passage.
Answer: Discourse that beings with a topic sentence followed by one
more more sentences that develop the topic sentence. Not an
argument unless the topic sentences are proven.
◉ Illustrations.
Answer: expression involving one or more examples that is intended
to show what something means or how it is done. *not arguments*
◉ Explanations vs Arguments.
Answer: Argument:
Premises (Accepted Facts) > Conclusion (Claimed to prove)
Explanation:
Explanation (Sheds Light on) > Expanandum (Accepted Fact)
◉ Conditional Statements.
, Answer: If (antecedent) then (consequent). (Consequent) if
(antecedent)
◉ IS IT AN ARGUMENT? *Practice*
In areas where are a problem, it is very difficult to exterminate them
with bait poison. That's because some rats eat enough poison to die
but others eat only enough to become sick and then learn to avoid
particular poison taste in the future..
Answer: Explanation: "In areas where rats, it is very difficult to
exterminate them with bait poison"
◉ IS IT AN ARGUMENT? *Practice*
If someone avoids and is afraid of everything, standing firm against
nothing, he becomes cowardly if he is afraid of nothing at all and
goes to face everything, he becomes rash. Similarly, if he gratifies
himself with every pleasure and abstains from none, he becomes
intemperate; if he avoids them all, he becomes some sort of
insensible person. Temperance and bravery, then, are ruined by
excess and deficiency, but preserved by the mean..
Answer: Argument: "Temperance and bravery, then, are ruined by
excess and deficiency, but preserved by the mean."
◉ Deductive Arguments.
