PHIL 106 MIDTERM TEST
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, Induction - Answer: -argument incorporating the claim that it is improbable that the conclusion be false
given that the premises are true
- prediction
-analogy
- generalization
-an argument from authority
-an argument based on signs
- causal inference
-specific to general
Deduction - Answer: -argument incorporating the claim that it is impossible for the conclusion to be
false given that the premises are true
- an argument from definition
- categorical syllogism
- hypothetical syllogism
- disjunctive syllogism
- math
- general to specific
Evaluating induction - Answer: - Strength
- relevance
- sufficiency
-cogency
Strong inductive Argument - Answer: - if the premises are true, then the conclusion is likely to be true
- Relevance: premises being true is relevant to whether or not the conclusion is true
- Sufficiency: the premises being true should offer sufficient reason to the conclusion is probably true
also
Cogent inductive argument - Answer: - the argument is strong and all of the premises are true
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, Induction - Answer: -argument incorporating the claim that it is improbable that the conclusion be false
given that the premises are true
- prediction
-analogy
- generalization
-an argument from authority
-an argument based on signs
- causal inference
-specific to general
Deduction - Answer: -argument incorporating the claim that it is impossible for the conclusion to be
false given that the premises are true
- an argument from definition
- categorical syllogism
- hypothetical syllogism
- disjunctive syllogism
- math
- general to specific
Evaluating induction - Answer: - Strength
- relevance
- sufficiency
-cogency
Strong inductive Argument - Answer: - if the premises are true, then the conclusion is likely to be true
- Relevance: premises being true is relevant to whether or not the conclusion is true
- Sufficiency: the premises being true should offer sufficient reason to the conclusion is probably true
also
Cogent inductive argument - Answer: - the argument is strong and all of the premises are true