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Arguments Quiz II
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1A(n) is a set of claims consisting of a conclusion, which is to be supported, and one or more premises, which are to support the conclusion.



2A valid argument, or one intended to be valid is a argument.



3The claim that is argued for is the .



4 premises are two or more premises in an argument, all of which must be true in order to support the conclusion.



5A argument is one that offers justification for accepting its conclusion; the most general term of approbation for arguments.



6 premises are two or more premises in an argument, each of which provides the support it does for the conclusion regardless of whether the others are true.



7A(n) argument is a strong argument, or one intended to be strong and is neither valid nor intended to be.



8A(n) argument, usually intended to be valid, is one that is not.



9A(n) is a claim that provides a reason for believing the conclusion.



10A(n) argument is a valid argument all of whose premises are true.



11A(n) argument is normally inductive and of the sort that, when all of its premises are true, the conclusion is unlikely to be false.



12A(n) argument is a deductive argument that is not sound, whether because one or more of its premises is false or because it is not valid.



13A(n) premise is one needed in an argument to make it valid or strong.



14A(n) argument is a deductive argument of the sort that, whenever all its premises are true, the conclusion is true as well.



15 is nonargumentative material included within, or in lieu of, an argument.

Which of the following best fills in the blank in the following sentence?




16"_______ premises need one another all to be true to make the argument work."
A)Dependent
B)Independent
C)Implied



17["_______ premises need do not one another all to be true to make the argument work."] change to: ["_________ premises do not need one another all to be true to make the argument work."
A)Dependent
B)Independent
C)Implied



18"In most general terms, we call an argument _______ if it gives grounds for accepting the conclusion."
A)Weak
B)Good
C)Invalid
D)Strong
E)Bad
F)Valid



19"A __________ argument with true premises provides absolute proof of the truth of the conclusion."
A)Weak
B)Good
C)Invalid
D)Strong
E)Bad
F)Valid



20"A deductive argument whose true premises do not necessarily prove its conclusion is considered to be __________."
A)Weak
B)Good
C)Invalid
D)Strong
E)Bad
F)Valid



21"An argument is __________ if it is valid and all of its premises are true."
A)Weak
B)Sound
C)Invalid
D)Strong
E)Bad
F)Valid



22"When arguments are not intended to be valid, they may be evaluated as __________ or __________."
A)Good or Bad
B)Valid or Invalid
C)Strong or Weak



23"An argument is __________ if, whenever all its premises are true, the conclusion is unlikely to be false."
A)Weak
B)Good
C)Invalid
D)Strong
E)Bad
F)Valid



24"__________ and __________ are absolute terms - they either hold for an argument or they don't."
A)Good or Bad
B)Valid or Invalid
C)Strong or Weak







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