Logic 1.3 True/False

A geometrical proof is an example of an inductive argument.

False

Most arguments based on statistical reasoning are deductive.

False

If an argument contains the phrase "it definitely follows that," then we know for certain that the argument is deductive

False

An argument that predicts what will happen in the future, based on what has happened in the past, is an inductive argument.

True

An argument that proceeds from knowledge of a cause to knowledge of an effect is an inductive argument

True

If the conclusion of an argument follows merely from the definition of a word used in a premise, the argument is deductive

True

In a deductive argument, the conclusion is not supposed to contain more information than the premises

True

In an inductive argument, it is intended that the conclusion contain more information than the premises

True

The actual strength of the link between premises and conclusion may allow one to determine whether an argument is inductive or deductive.

True

The form of argumentation the arguer uses may allow one to determine whether an argument is inductive or deductive.

True

An argument that draws a conclusion about a thing based on that thing's similarity to something else is a deductive argument.

False

An argument that draws a conclusion that something is true because someone has said that it is, is a deductive argument.

False

An argument that presents two alternatives and eliminates one, leaving the other as the conclusion, is an inductive argument

False

Deductive arguments always proceed from the general to the particular.

False

Inductive arguments always proceed from the particular to the general.

False