A Concise Introduction to Logic,
14th Edition by Patrick J. Hurley
Complete Chapter Solutions
Manual are included
** Immediate Download
** Swift Response
** All Chapters included
,Table of Contents are given below
1. Basic Concepts.
2. Language: Meaning and Definition.
3. Informal Fallacies.
4. Categorical Propositions.
5. Categorical Syllogisms.
6. Propositional Logic.
7. Natural Deduction in Propositional Logic.
8. Predicate Logic.
9. Analogy and Legal and Moral Reasoning.
10. Causality and Mill's Methods.
11. Probability.
12. Statistical Reasoning.
13. Hypothetical/Scientific Reasoning.
,Solutions Manual
Patrick J. Hurley, A Concise Introduction to Logic, 14e, 2024, 9780357798683; Chapter 1: Basic
Concepts
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Exercise Answers ...............................................................................................................................2
Exercise 1.1 ............................................................................................................................................... 2
Exercise 1.2 ............................................................................................................................................... 6
Exercise 1.3 ............................................................................................................................................. 10
Exercise 1.4 ............................................................................................................................................. 12
Exercise 1.5 ............................................................................................................................................. 14
Exercise 1.6 ............................................................................................................................................. 16
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, EXERCISE ANSWERS
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.
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.
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14th Edition by Patrick J. Hurley
Complete Chapter Solutions
Manual are included
** Immediate Download
** Swift Response
** All Chapters included
,Table of Contents are given below
1. Basic Concepts.
2. Language: Meaning and Definition.
3. Informal Fallacies.
4. Categorical Propositions.
5. Categorical Syllogisms.
6. Propositional Logic.
7. Natural Deduction in Propositional Logic.
8. Predicate Logic.
9. Analogy and Legal and Moral Reasoning.
10. Causality and Mill's Methods.
11. Probability.
12. Statistical Reasoning.
13. Hypothetical/Scientific Reasoning.
,Solutions Manual
Patrick J. Hurley, A Concise Introduction to Logic, 14e, 2024, 9780357798683; Chapter 1: Basic
Concepts
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Exercise Answers ...............................................................................................................................2
Exercise 1.1 ............................................................................................................................................... 2
Exercise 1.2 ............................................................................................................................................... 6
Exercise 1.3 ............................................................................................................................................. 10
Exercise 1.4 ............................................................................................................................................. 12
Exercise 1.5 ............................................................................................................................................. 14
Exercise 1.6 ............................................................................................................................................. 16
1
, EXERCISE ANSWERS
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.
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.
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