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Assignment:
QUESTION 1 : The second standard for evaluating analogical arguments is the number and variety of ________.
a. premises.
b. source analogues.
c. conclusions.
d. argument steps.
e. targets.
QUESTION 2 : An analogical argument with a greater number and variety of source analogues is stronger because
a. the argument will support a greater number of conclusions.
b. it will have a greater number and variety of targets.
c. Having good source analogues will make the argument deductive rather than inductive.
d. There is more support for the generalization on which the argument relies.
e. the argument will require fewer premises.
QUESTION 3 : Every analogical argument relies on a generalization. And most often,
a. no evidence at all is given to support the generalization.
b. the generalization is stated explicitly.
c. the generalization is the conclusion.
d. only one instance is provided to support the generalization.
e. Many instances are provided to support the generalization.
QUESTION 4 : Every analogical argument relies on a generalization. Further instances that support that generalization are called ________ cases.
a. agreement
b. confirming
c. disagreement
d. disconfirming
e. analogical
QUESTION 5 : Analogical arguments are most susceptible to being charged with committing which fallacy?
a. appeal to majority
b. appeal to force
c. hasty generalization
d. denying the anticipated
e. appeal to ignore
QUESTION 6 : Consider the following analogical argument.
Gorillas and chimpanzees are both primates.
Gorillas like to eat fruit.
Chimpanzees like to eat fruit.
What generalization is implied in this argument?
a. No animal that likes to eat fruit is a non-primate.
b. All chimpanzees are gorillas.
c. All primates like to eat fruit.
d. All primates are animals.
e. All gorillas are chimpanzees.
QUESTION 7 : Consider the following analogical argument.
Both the sun and flashlights give off light.
The sun gives off heat.
Flashlights give off heat.
What generalization is implied in this argument?
a. All things that give off light give off heat.
b. No flashlight is as bright as the sun.
c. All things that give off heat give off light.
d. All flashlights are suns.
e. No sun is a flashlight.