Deck 1: Introducing Arguments

Question 1

For the following argument, choose the the best candidate for an implicit premise given the premises and conclusion provided. Your aim is to make the argument valid or forceful: P1) All terons are fee P2) _ C) All terons are zooth

A) All fees are zooth.
B) All zooth are fees.
C) All jams are biff.
D) All fees are terons.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

For the following argument, choose the the best candidate for an implicit premise given the premises and conclusion provided. Your aim is to make the argument valid or forceful:
P1) If Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. are at the Sands, then Dean Martin is probably playing at the Sands P2) _ C1) Probably, Dean Martin is playing at the Sands

A) Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr are probably playing at the Sands
B) Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr are at the Sands
C) Frank Sinatra is probably Sammy Davis Jr
D) Dean Martin is playing at the Sands

Answer 2

B

Question 3

For the following argument, choose the the best candidate for an implicit premise given the premises and conclusion provided. Your aim is to make the argument valid or forceful:
P1) If I go out with him, then it will be a cold day in hell P2) _ C1) I won't go out with him

A) It is hot in hell today
B) I will go out with him
C) It is a cold day in hell
D) If it is a cold day in hell, then I will go out with him

Answer 3

A

Question 4

For the following argument, choose the the best candidate for an implicit premise given the premises and conclusion provided. Your aim is to make the argument valid or forceful: P1) _ P2) Alice works hard at all her university papers. P3) Alice is intelligent. C) Probably, Alice will succeed at all her university papers.

A) Most people who succeed at something work hard at that thing.
B) Most people who are intelligent and work hard at something, succeed at that thing.
C) Everyone who succeeds at university is hard-working and intelligent.
D) Alice is a success at everything.

Question 5

For the following argument, choose the the best candidate for an implicit premise given the premises and conclusion provided. Your aim is to make the argument valid or forceful. P1) _ P2) Charlie is a bird. C) Probably, Charlie can fly.

A) Unless a bird is flightless, it can fly.
B) All birds can fly.
C) Most birds can fly.
D) Some birds can fly.

Question 6

For the following argument, choose the the best candidate for an implicit premise given the premises and conclusion provided. Your aim is to make the argument valid or forceful: P1) Most birds can fly. P2) _ C) Probably, Charlie the kiwi can fly.

A) If Charlie is a kiwi he can't fly.
B) Kiwis are flightless birds.
C) Charlie the kiwi is a bird.
D) Charlie is a kiwi.

Question 7

For the following argument, choose the the best candidate for an implicit premise given the premises and conclusion provided. Your aim is to make the argument valid or forceful.
P1) No birds are mammals. P2) _ C) A kiwi is not a mammal.

A) If something is a bird, then it's not a mammal.
B) A kiwi is not a bird.
C) No mammals are birds.
D) A kiwi is a bird.

Question 8

For the following argument, choose the the best candidate for an implicit premise given the premises and conclusion provided. Your aim is to make the argument valid or forceful:
P1) If you want scones to taste good, they have to be eaten the day they're baked. P2) _ C)These scones need to be eaten today.

A) I want these scones to taste good, and they were baked today.
B) I want these scones to taste good.
C) These scones were baked today.
D) All scones should be eaten on the day they are baked.

Question 9

For the following argument, choose the the best candidate for an implicit premise given the premises and conclusion provided. Your aim is to make the argument valid or forceful: P1) William Shatner is a great actor P2) _ C) William Shatner is a great singer

A) All those who can act, can also sing well
B) All those who sing well, act well
C) If you can't sing, you can't act well
D) If you can't act well, you can't sing well

Question 10

For the following argument, choose the the best candidate for an implicit premise given the premises and conclusion provided. Your aim is to make the argument valid or forceful: P1) Silas is old P2) _ C) Nobody wants Silas

A) Old people don't want anyone
B) Nobody is old when you want them
C) Nobody wants you when you are old
D) Everyone else is young

Question 11

For the following argument, choose the the best candidate for an implicit premise given the premises and conclusion provided. Your aim is to make the argument valid or forceful:
P1) When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine, that's amore P2) _ C1) It's amore

A) You've had too much wine
B) The world isn't shining like you've had too much wine
C) The world seems to shine and you've had too much wine
D) The world seems to shine like you've had too much wine