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Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments, 2/e
Theodore Schick, Muhlenberg College
Lewis Vaughn
The Philosophical Enterprise
Evidence and Inference: Proving Your Point

True or False



1

A premise is a reason given for accepting the conclusion of an argument.
A)True
B)False
2

A sound argument is a strong inductive argument that contains only true premises.
A)True
B)False
3

Simplicity is a measure of the number of assumptions made by the hypothesis.
A)True
B)False
4

Denying the antecedent has the following form: If p, then q; q; therefore, p.
A)True
B)False
5

Analogical induction is the sort of reasoning we use when we arrive at a generalization about a group of things after observing only some members of that group.
A)True
B)False








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