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HUM 115All arguments are unpleasant. - correct answer ✔✔False
Which of the following passages contain an argument in our technical sense of that word? - correct
answer ✔✔Plant your flower bulbs at a depth of 6 inches so they will be protected from freezing
temperatures.
______ state the facts, report on states of mind, express values, and so forth. - correct answer
✔✔Descriptions
A conclusion (a claim) backed up by one or more reasons in any order is called a(n) _____________. -
correct answer ✔✔argument
______________ is the general term given to a wide range of cognitive skills and intellectual dispositions
needed to effectively identify, analyze, and evaluate arguments and truth claims, to discover and
overcome personal preconceptions and biases, to formulate and present convincing reasons in support
of conclusions, and to make reasonable, intelligent decisions about what to believe and what to do. -
correct answer ✔✔critical thinking
Words or phrases that help 'flag' premises and conclusions are called inference indicators. - correct
answer ✔✔True
When we use the word "critical" in reference to critical thinking, we mean "negative and fault-finding." -
correct answer ✔✔False
"This year on my birthday I will be 15 years old and 49 years old." is an example of a statement that is
____________. - correct answer ✔✔logically inconsistent.
In the following argument: "You know I know animals have souls? Because on average, the lowest animal
is a lot nicer and kinder than most of the human beings that inhabit this Earth." The conclusion to this
argument is "animals have souls." - correct answer ✔✔True
,Since, Because, and For are examples of ______________ indicators. - correct answer ✔✔premise
______ attempt to show cause or motivation. - correct answer ✔✔Explanations
When we say an argument is valid, we mean that all the claims in the argument are true. - correct
answer ✔✔False
Following the rules of logical reasoning leads to a payoff including: - correct answer ✔✔Tend to minimize
your false beliefs; perform actions that don't have such bad consequences.; develop consistency among
our beliefs
Following sentences are not statements. You may choose more than one correct answer. - correct
answer ✔✔Keep off the grass; please print your name legibly; what do you say we stop at the next rest
stop; let's go to New York for your birthday; what time is it; great!
Logical reasoning or critical thinking is a high quality reasoning. It can be learned and improved. - correct
answer ✔✔True
You should provide a sufficient support to your claim or belief if you expect people to accept your
argument. - correct answer ✔✔True
An argument is a conclusion plus ONLY one premise. - correct answer ✔✔False
Arguments can only have one conclusion. - correct answer ✔✔False
____________ arise when there is uncertainty about whether to accept or reject a claim, or about what
to do or not do. - correct answer ✔✔issues
___________ arguments are meant to be valid and ____________ the truth of the conclusion. - correct
answer ✔✔deductive; guarantee
, A ______________ is a claim meant to be supported by reasons offered in the argument. - correct
answer ✔✔conclusion
Considering the benefits and drawbacks is also known as - correct answer ✔✔weighing the pros and
cons
Statements in an argument offered as evidence or reasons in support of another statement are called -
correct answer ✔✔premises
Here is an argument: "Tantalum can be melted, too, because all metals can be melted if you raise their
temperature." Choose the implicit premise from the following list: - correct answer ✔✔Tantalum is a
metal
Which of the following is NOT a strategy for putting arguments in standard form? - correct answer
✔✔Discard claims that you disagree with
An argument and an explanation are different because speakers present them with different
__________. - correct answer ✔✔intentions
An implicit conclusion of an argument is a statement that does not appear explicitly but that is intended
by the arguer to be a conclusion of an argument. - correct answer ✔✔True
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
The procedure of weighing the pros and cons is a decision procedure that requires the following
statement (s). You may choose more than one correct answer. - correct answer ✔✔Considering the
probabilities that those various consequences will actually occur; guessing the consequences of those
various courses of action; considering the possible courses of action; evaluating those consequences
One of the following things or sentences is not a statement. - correct answer ✔✔What time is it?
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