Chapter 03 Level 2 Quiz

Making Sense of Arguments
. A deductively valid argument with true premises is said to be ________.

. A valid argument is such that if its premises are true ________.

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If p, then q; If q, then r; therefore if p, then r. An argument with this structureis called ________.

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Either p or q; Not p; Therefore q. An argument with this structure is called ________.

. The first step in evaluating long arguments is to ________.

. Terms that signal a deductive argument include ________.

. Deductively valid arguments guarantee the truth of the conclusion, so they are said to be ________.

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If p, then q; p; Therefore q. An argument with this structure is called ________.

. "If Dayton is the capital of Ohio, then Dayton is in Ohio. Dayton is in Ohio; Therefore, Dayton is the capital of Ohio." This argument is an example of ________.

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"If Henry Ford invented cell phones, then he's a great scientist. Ford did not invent cell phones. Therefore, he is not a great scientist." This argument is an example of ________.

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"If you're a citizen, you have rights. But you're not a citizen. So you don't have rights." This argument is ________.

. Modus tollens is the Latin name of ________.

. Modus ponens is the Latin name of ________.

. One of the following is NOT a conditional argument form: ________.

. A valid deductive argument cannot have ________.

. Inductive arguments are ________.

. The argument form modus tollens is always invalid.

. Deductively valid arguments are truth-preserving.

. If a deductively valid argument has a false conclusion, you can infer that at least one of the premises is false.

. Persuasion and reasoning are synonymous.

. Valid arguments are always deductive.

. The argument form known as affirming the consequent is always valid.

. The argument form called disjunctive syllogism is invalid.

. The first part of a conditional statement is known as the consequent.

. The part of a conditional statement introduced by the word then is called the consequent.

. With the counterexample method, you check for validity by simply devising a parallel argument that has the same form as the argument you're evaluating but has obviously true premises and a false conclusion.

. The second part of a conditional statement is known as the antecedent.

. A sound argument is not necessarily a good argument.

. An inductive argument that fails to provide probable support for its conclusion is said to be weak.

. Usually a passage will contain mostly statements that serve as the premises and conclusion of an argument.

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