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PHI 103

PHI 103 Week 5 Quiz

Question1) Spouse: I know that you get angry a lot. I’m sure that pretty soon you will hit me or something. And what are we gonna do when we have kids? You will probably beat them until they run out of the house and I will be left childless and abused!

Question 2                                                                                                                                                                                         

“If he were happy, he would be smiling. He is not smiling, so he is not happy.”

Question 3                                                                                                                                                                                         

In argumentation, criticism is                 .

Question 4                                                                                                                                                                                         

The thesis in an argumentative essay              . is composed of premises

Question 5All doctors are people who are committed to enhancing the health of their patients. No people who purposely harm others can consider themselves to be doctors. It follows that some people who harm others do not enhance the health of their patients.

Which of the following is the conclusion of this argument?

Question 6                                                                                                                                                                                         

An argument is unsound if and only if                      .

Question 7                                                                                                                                                                                         

“Up to 80% of doctors endorse this project” uses which rhetorical device?

Question 8                                                                                                                                                                                         

An argument is deductive                 .

Question 9                                                                                                                                                                                         

Which of the following is an effective way to critique a deductive argument?

Question 10                                                                                                                                                                                       

My father always only bought Ford cars. He said they were the best cars ever. So I only buy Fords.

Question 11                                                                                                                                                                                       

In propositional logic, the variables P and Q stand for: the words “True” and “False”

Question 12 After I had been in a coma for ten days after my accident, the swelling in my brain went down right after the priest put holy water on my forehead. The water healed me.

Question 13                                                                                                                                                                                       

A sound argument is                  .

Question 14                                                                                                                                                                                       

“You are only opposed to welfare reform because you are rich.” Appeal to emotion

Question 15                                                                                                                                                                                       

In the field of logic, inductive arguments              . are those that prove their conclusions necessarily

Question 16                                                                                                                                                                                       

The statement “Either the maid did it or the butler did” is a          .