Statement or Nonstatement?
I'm so jealous of Fred! - Answers Statement
Statement or Nonstatement?
2 + 2 = 5 - Answers Statement
Statement or Nonstatement?
Would you like fries with that? - Answers Nonstatement
Statement or Nonstatement?
God created the Earth in 6 days. - Answers Statement
Statement or Nonstatement?
I wouldn't ride without a helmet if I were you. - Answers Statement
Identify the main conclusion and the premises:
He's Pig-Headed. He must be a Taurus - Answers Premisis: He's pig-headed
Conclusion: He must be a Taurus
Identify the main conclusion and the premises:
We must never consider suicide. This act will only cause us to lose opportunities for further
development while here on earth. And afterwards, in reflecting back on these lost opportunities we
,would feel much pain and sorrow. - Answers Premise 1: Committing suicide will only cause us to lose
opportunities for further development while here on earth.
Premise 2: Afterwards, in reflecting back on these lost opportunities [in the afterlife], we would feel
much pain and sorrow.
Conclusion: We must never consider suicide.
Identify the main conclusion and the premises:
There exists, it is true, a group of criminals, born for evil, against whom all social cures break as against a
rock—a fact which compels us to eliminate them completely, even by death. - Answers Premise: There
exists a group of criminals, born for evil, against whom all social cures break as against a rock.
Conclusion: We should eliminate these criminals completely, even by death.
Identify the main conclusion and the premises:
Yogurt and other sour milk products—like the more liquid kefir and even cultural buttermilk—are good
for several reasons. They are high in protein, of course, being milk products. They are lower in fat than
whole milk. Their lactic-acid content gives them an interestingly tangy flavor that adds sparkle to dishes,
making them good substitutes for sour cream or whole milk or even mayonnaise in salads, dressings,
sauces and baked goods. - Answers Premise 1: They are high in protein, of course, being milk products.
Premise 2: They are lower in fat than whole milk.
Premise 3: Their lactic-acid content gives them an interestingly tangy flavor that adds sparkle to dishes,
making them good substitutes for sour cream or whole milk or even mayonnaise in salads, dressings,
sauces and baked.
Conclusion: Yogurt and other sour milk products—like the more liquid kefir and even cultural buttermilk
—are good for several reasons.
, True or False?
A person is guilty of practical inconsistency when he or she asserts or believes inconsistent things about
a particular matter. - Answers False
True or False?
Self-interested thinking is the tendency to accept and defend beliefs that harmonize with one's own self-
interest. - Answers True
True or False?
Self-serving bias is the tendency to overrate oneself--to see oneself as being better in some respect than
one actually is. - Answers True
True or False?
Conformism is the tendency to see one's own group (e.g., nation, tribe, sect, peer group) as being
inherently better than others. - Answers False
True or False?
Every argument consists of at least two statements. - Answers True
True or False?
Inductive arguments always proceed from particular premises to a general conclusion. - Answers False
True or False?
Certainly, conclusively, and it logically follows that are common deduction indicator words and phrases.
- Answers True
True or False?