Solution Manual on A Concise Introduction to Logic 14th Edition By Patrick J. Hurley 2026/2027

AConciseIntroduction
L L




to Logic 14e Patrick J.
L L L L




Hurley (Solutions
L L




LManual All Chapters, L L




L 100%OriginalVerified,
L L




A+ Grade) L L

,Solutions Manual L




Patrick J. Hurley, A Concise Introduction to Logic, 14e, 2024,
L L L L L L L L L




L9780357798683;Chapter 1: Basic Concepts
L L L L




TABLE OF CONTENTS L L




Exercise Answers..................................................................................... 2
L




Exercise 1.1............................................................................................... 2
L




Exercise 1.2 ......................................................................................... 6
L




Exercise 1.3.............................................................................................. 10
L




Exercise 1.4.............................................................................................. 12
L




Exercise 1.5.............................................................................................. 14
L




Exercise 1.6.............................................................................................. 16
L

,EXERCISE ANSWERS L




EXERCISE 1.1 L




Part IL




1. P: Carbon monoxide molecules happen to be just the right size and shape, and
LL L L L L L L L L L L L L L



happen to have just the right chemical properties, to fit neatly into cavities
L L L L L L L L L L L L L



withinhemoglobin molecules in blood that are normally reserved for oxygen
L L L L L L L L L L L



molecules.L




C: Carbon monoxide diminishes the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood.
L L L L L L L L




2. P: The good, according to Plato, is that which furthers a person's real interests.
L L L L L L L L L L L L L




C: L L In any given case when the good is known, men will seek it.
L L L L L L L L L L L L




3. P: The denial or perversion of justice by the sentences of courts, as well as in any
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L



other manner, is with reason classed among the just causes of war.
L L L L L L L L L L L L




C: The federal judiciary ought to have cognizance of all causes in which the citizens of
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L



other countries are concerned.
L L L L




4. P: When individuals voluntarily abandon property, they forfeit any expectation of
L L L L L L L L L L



privacy in it that they might have had.
L L L L L L L L




C: A warrantless search and seizure of abandoned property is not unreasonable under
L L L L L L L L L L L L



the Fourth Amendment.
L L L




5. P1: Artists and poets look at the world and seek relationships and order.
L L L L L L L L L L L L




P2: But they translate their ideas to canvas, or to marble, or into poetic images.
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L




P3 Scientists try to find relationships between different objects and events.
L L L L L L L L L L L




P4: To express the order they find, they create hypotheses and theories.
L L L L L L L L L L L




C: The great scientific theories are easily compared to great art and great literature.
L L L L L L L L L L L L L




6. P1: The animal species in Australia are very different from those on the mainland.
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L




P2: Asian placental mammals and Australian marsupial mammals have not been in
L L L L L L L L L L L



contact in the last several million years.
L L L L L L L




C: There was never a land bridge between Australia and the mainland
L L L L L L L L L L L




7. P1: We need sleep to think clearly, react quickly, and create memories.
LL L L L L L L L L L L




P2: Studies show that people who are taught mentally challenging tasks do better
LL L L L L L L L L L L L



after a good night’s sleep. L L L L




P3: Other research suggests that sleep is needed for creative problem solving.
L L L L L L L L L L L




C: L L It really does matter if you get enough sleep.
L L L L L L L L




8. P1: The classroom teacher is crucial to the development and academic success of the
L L L L L L L L L L L L L



average student.
L L




P2: Administrators simply are ancillary to this effort.
L L L L L L L




C: Classroom teachers ought to be paid at least the equivalent of administrators at all
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L



levels, including the superintendent.
L L L L

, 9. P1: An agreement cannot bind unless both parties to the agreement know what they
L L L L L L L L L L L L L



are doing and freely choose to do it.
L L L L L L L L




C: The seller who intends to enter a contract with a customer has a duty to disclose
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L



exactly what the customer is buying and what the terms of the sale are.
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L




10. P1: Punishment, when speedy and specific, may suppress undesirable behavior.
L L L L L L L L L




P2: Punishment cannot teach or encourage desirable alternatives.
L L L L L L L




C: It is crucial to use positive techniques to model and reinforce appropriate behaviorthat
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L



the person can use in place of the unacceptable response that has to be suppressed.
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L




11. P1: High profits are the signal that consumers want more of the output of the industry.
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L




P2: High profits provide the incentive for firms to expand output and for more firms to
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L



enter the industry in the long run.
L L L L L L L




P3: For a firm of above average efficiency, profits represent the reward for greater
L L L L L L L L L L L L L



efficiency.
L




C: Profit serves a very crucial function in a free enterprise economy, such as our own.
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L




12. P1: My cat regularly used to close and lock the door to my neighbor's doghouse,
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L



trapping their sleeping Doberman inside.
L L L L L




P2: Try telling a cat what to do, or putting a leash on him--he'll glare at you and say, "I
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L



don't think so. You should have gotten a dog."
L L L L L L L L L




C: Cats can think circles around dogs.
L L L L L L




13. P1: Private property helps people define themselves.
L L L L L L L




P2: Private property frees people from mundane cares of daily subsistence.
L L L L L L L L L L




P3: Private property is finite.
L L L L




C: No individual should accumulate so much property that others are prevented from
L L L L L L L L L L L L



accumulating the necessities of life.
L L L L L




14. P1: To every existing thing God wills some good.
LL L L L L L L L




P2: To love any thing is nothing else than to will good to that thing.
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L




C: It is manifest that God loves everything that exists.
LL L L L L L L L L L




15. P1: The average working man can support no more than two children.
L L L L L L L L L L L L




P2: The average working woman can take care of no more than two children in decent
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L




fashion.
L




C: Women of the working class, especially wage workers, should not have more than
L L L L L L L L L L L L L



two children at most.
L L L L




16. P1: The nations of planet earth have acquired nuclear weapons with an explosive
L L L L L L L L L L L L




power equal to more than a million Hiroshima bombs.
L L L L L L L L L




P2: Studies suggest that explosion of only half these weapons would produce enough
L L L L L L L L L L L L



soot, smoke, and dust to blanket the Earth, block out the sun, and bring on a
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L



nuclear winter that would threaten the survival of the human race.
L L L L L L L L L L L




C: Radioactive fallout isn't the only concern in the aftermath of nuclear explosions.
L L L L L L L L L L L L