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Part A Question 1:  (1) If Tyler gets an A on the final, Tyler will pass the course (2) Tyler will get an A on the final

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Part A

Question 1: 

(1) If Tyler gets an A on the final, Tyler will pass the course

(2) Tyler will get an A on the final.

Therefore,

(3) Tyler will pass the course.

 

Question 2: 

(1) If Bobby doesn't come to class, then Laura will be upset.

(2) Bobby will come to class.

Therefore,

(3) Kartik won't be upset

 

Question 3:

(1) If Anthony takes the job as a financial consultant, then Anthony will have to move to New Jersey. 

(2) Anthony will never move to New Jersey

Therefore,

(3) Anthony will never take the job

 

 

Part B:

Question 4

(1) If Tyler gets an A on the final, Tyler will pass the course

(2) Tyler will get an A on the final.

Therefore,

(3) Tyler will pass the course.

Question 5

(1) If Bobby doesn't come to class, then Laura will be upset.

(2) Bobby will come to class.

Therefore,

(3) Kartik won't be upset

Question 6

(1) If Anthony takes the job as a financial consultant, then Anthony will have to move to New Jersey. 

(2) Anthony will never move to New Jersey

Therefore,

(3) Anthony will never take the job

 

Part C

Question 7:

If Tyler gets an A on the final, he'll pass the course, and I'm sure he'll get an A on the final. So Tyler will pass the course.

 

Question 8:

If Bobby doesn't come to class, Laura will be upset. But Bobby will come to class, so Kartik won't be upset

 

Question 9: 

If Anthony takes the job as a financial consultant, he'll have to move to New Jersey. He'll never move to New Jersey, so he'll never take the job.

 

 

Question 10: 

Apply the True Premises Test:

If Bobby doesn't come to class, Laura will be upset. But Bobby will come to class, so Laura won't be upset.

Question 11: 

Proper Form Test

If Bobby doesn't come to class, Laura will be upset. But Bobby will come to class, so Laura won't be upset.

Question: STEP BY STEP

Part A:

Apply True Premises Test using the guide below:

1. Check to see whether the premises are accurate descriptions of the world.
2. Consider whether the premises are appropriate for the argument's audience.
3. Review the assumed premises to be sure that the premises are uncontroversially true
4. Identify the premises as empirical statements, definitional statements, or appropriate statements by experts.
5. If the argument contains a disjunction, check for a False Dichotomy.
6. State specifically whether or not the argument passes the true premises test.

Part B:

Apply the Proper Form Test using the guide below:

1.     Determine whether the argument is a deductive argument or an inductive argument.

2.     Assume the premises are true. Look at each premise individually to see whether the truth of the premise provides some evidence for the truth of the conclusion or force the conclusion to be true.

3.     Look at the premises as a group to see whether the truth of all of them provides some evidence for the truth of the conclusion.

4.     Determine and state the specific form of the propositional argument (i.e. "tri-conditional form)

5.     State definitively whether or not the argument passes the proper form test.

Part C:

Be sure to consider the following points:

1. Compare the argument to the list of fallacies studied in the module.
2. End answer with global comments about how good the argument is as a whole.

• If the argument is a deductive argument, then state whether the argument is valid, and/or sound.
• If the argument is inductive, this may be a degree like not wholly cogent but almost or very strong but not cogent, etc.