Chapter 1: First of Three
Parts
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When you try to support or prove a claim, you give a what?
• An argument
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The part of an argument you try to support is called the what?
• The conclusion
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The part that does the supporting is?
• The premise (or premises)
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An argument can have how many conclusions?
A. One only
B. More than one
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How many premises can an argument have?
A. One only
B. More than one
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“Carl would like to help out, but he won't be in town. So we'll have to find someone else who owns a truck.”
Is this an argument?
A.Yes
B.No
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“Carl would like to help out, but he won't be in town. So we'll have to find someone else who owns a truck.”
What’s the conclusion?
A.First sentence
B.Second sentence
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“The Directory of Intentional Communities lists more than two hundred groups across the country organized around a wide variety of purposes, including environmentally aware living.” Argument?
A.Yes
B.No
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“Fears that chemicals in teething rings and soft plastic toys may cause cancer may be justified. Last week, the Consumer Product
Safety Commission issued a report confirming that low amounts of DEHP, known to cause liver cancer in lab animals, may be absorbed from certain infant products.”
Argument?
A.Yes
B.No
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“Can it be established that genetic humanity is sufficient for moral humanity? I think there are very good reasons for not defining the moral community in this way.”
Argument?
A.Yes
B.No
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“Was Bush a good president? Heck yeah!
He was great! If you don’t know that, your parents must be brother and sister.”
Arg?
A.Yes
B.No
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“Computers will never be able to converse intelligently through speech. A simple example proves this is so. The sentences
‘How do you recognize speech?’ and ‘How do you wreck a nice beach?’ have entirely different meanings, but they sound similar enough that a computer could not distinguish
Argument?
the two.”
A.Yes
B.No
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“Computers will never be able to converse intelligently through speech. A simple example proves this is so. The sentences
‘How do you recognize speech?’ and ‘How do you wreck a nice beach?’ have entirely different meanings, but they sound similar enough that a computer could not distinguish
What
is the conclusion of this argument? the two.”
A.The first sentence
B.The second sentence
C.The third sentence
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“Will hot water freeze faster than cold water?
A lot of people have that idea, but they are wrong. Cold water freezes faster than hot water.” What sentence contains the conclusion?
A.The first sentence
B.The second sentence
C.The third sentence
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?
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Ha! It isn’t an argument!
“Will hot water freeze faster that cold water? A lot of people have that idea, but they are wrong. Cold water freezes faster than hot water.”
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“Who do I think will win American Idol next time? Not Fred Thompson.”
What sentence contains the conclusion?
A.The second sentence
B.The third sentence
C.This isn’t an argument.
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