Determining Premise & Conclusion
Any sentence that is either true or false is a statement.
True
Aristotle is the person usually credited with being the father of logic.
True
All arguments must have more than one premise.
False
In the strict sense of the terms, ''inference'' and ''argument'' have exactly the same meaning.
False
Some arguments have more than one conclusion.
False
The words ''therefore,'' ''hence,'' ''so,'' ''since,'' and ''thus'' are all conclusion indicators.
False
Determine the premise and conclusion for the following argument: Artists and poets look at the world and seek relationships and order. But they translate their ideas to canvas, or to marble, or into poetic images. Scientists try to find relationships between different objects and events. To express the order they find, they create hypotheses and theories. Thus the great scientific theories are easily compared to great art and great literature.
Premise 1: Artists and poets look at the world and seek relationships and order. Premise 2: But they translate their ideas to canvas, or to marble, or into poetic images. Premise 3: Scientists try to find relationships between different objects and events. Premise 4: To express the order they find, they create hypotheses and theories. Conclusion: Thus the great scientific theories are easily compared to great art and great literature.
Determine the premise and conclusion for the following argument: As the denial or perversion of justice by the sentences of courts, as well as in any other manner, is with reason classed among the just causes of war, it will follow that the federal judiciary ought to have cognizance of all causes in which the citizens of other countries are concerned.
Premise: As the denial or perversion of justice by the sentences of courts, as well as in any other manner, is with reason classed among the just causes of war Conclusion: the federal judiciary ought to have cognizance of all causes in which the citizens of other countries are concerned.
Determine the premise and conclusion for the following argument: Carbon monoxide molecules happen to be just the right size and shape, and happen to have just the right chemical properties, to fit neatly into cavities within hemoglobin molecules in blood that are normally reserved for oxygen molecules. Consequently, carbon monoxide diminishes the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood.
Premise: Carbon monoxide molecules happen to be just the right size and shape, and happen to have just the right chemical properties, to fit neatly into cavities within hemoglobin molecules in blood that are normally reserved for oxygen molecules Conclusion: Carbon monoxide diminishes the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood.
Determine the premise and conclusion for the following argument: When individuals voluntarily abandon property, they forfeit any expectation of privacy in it that they might have had. Therefore, a warrantless search or seizure of abandoned property is not unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment.
Premise: When individuals voluntarily abandon property, they forfeit any expectation of privacy in it that they might have had. Conclusion: a warrantless search or seizure of abandoned property is not unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment.
Determine the premise and conclusion for the following argument: Since the good, according to Plato, is that which furthers a person's real interests, it follows that in any given case when the good is known, men will seek it.
Premise: the good, according to Plato, is that which furthers a person's real interests Conclusion: when the good is known, men will seek it
Every statement has a truth value.
True
In most (but not all) arguments that lack indicator words, the conclusion is the first statement.
True
The purpose of the premise or premises is to set forth the reasons or evidence given in support of the conclusion.
True
The words ''for,'' ''because,'' ''as,'' and ''for the reason that'' are all premise indicators.
True
