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HUM 115A conclusion (a claim) backed up by one or more reasons (evidence) in any order is called a(n)
________________. - correct answer ✔✔argument
Critical Thinking skills include all of the following EXCEPT: - correct answer ✔✔Sounding more
sophisticated than other people
Following the rules of logical reasoning leads to many personal, academic, and professional benefits,
including but not limited to: - correct answer ✔✔All of the above
Premise and conclusion indicator phrases serve as guideposts for detecting arguments. - correct answer
✔✔True
Logical reasoning cannot be learned or improved. Individuals are either naturally good at recognition,
evaluation, and creation of arguments--or they are not. - correct answer ✔✔False
Logical reasoners need to be flexible thinkers. Real life decision-making often must work in a dynamic,
unpredictable environment. In other words, logical reasoners and critical thinkers must be willing to
consistently and repeatedly weigh the pros and cons. - correct answer ✔✔True
Which of the following is NOT required in weighing the pros and cons? - correct answer ✔✔Finding a
course of action that is 100% correct all the time
Your opponent's explanation is less believable if you can show that there are alternative explanations
that haven't been ruled out. - correct answer ✔✔True
A _________ is a claim that is used as a reason in an argument - correct answer ✔✔Premise
, Arguments can be evaluated as being
____________________________________________________________. - correct answer
✔✔Deductively valid or inductively strong.
Q - "How old is the teacher?"
A- "He is middle-aged"
This answer is best described as __________________. - correct answer ✔✔vague
Q - "What is the price of that new Lexus?"
A- "More than $1000"
This answer is best described as __________________. - correct answer ✔✔overgeneral
____________________ is the illegitimate switching of the meaning of a term during the reasoning. -
correct answer ✔✔equivocation
_________ involves different possible meanings, each of which may be quite precise. - correct answer
✔✔Ambiguity
Which of the following is NOT a strategy for putting arguments in standard form? - correct answer
✔✔Discard claims that you disagree with
___________ arguments are meant to be valid and ____________ the truth of the conclusion. - correct
answer ✔✔deductive; guarantee
An argument and an explanation are different because speakers present them with different
__________. - correct answer ✔✔intentions
Inductive arguments are meant to confer a high degree of __________ on the conclusion - correct
answer ✔✔probability
Since, Because, and For are examples of ______________ indicators. - correct answer ✔✔premise
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