Logic 1.1 True or False?

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An argument is a set of statements where some statements, called the premises, are intended to support another, called the conclusion.

true

Every invalid argument is unsound.

true

Every sound argument has a true conclusion.

true

If an argument has one false premise, then it is unsound.

true

Inductive logic is the study of methods for evaluating weather the premises of an argument make its conclusion probable, without guaranteeing it.

true

Some invalid arguments have false conclusions but all true premises.

true

Every valid argument has a true conclusion.

false

Every valid argument has this feature: Necessarily, if its premises are false, then its conclusion is false.

false

Every valid argument has true premises and a true conclusion.

false

Every valid argument has true premises and only true premises.

false

Every valid argument with a true conclusion is sound.

false

If a valid argument has only false premises, then it must have a false conclusion.

false

If all of the premises of an argument are true, then it is sound.

false

Some arguments are true.

false

Some premises are valid.

false

Some statements are sound.

false

Every unsound argument has at least on false premise.

false

A deductive argument is one in which the premises are intended to guarantee the conclusion.

false

A sound argument can have a false conclusion.

false

All valid arguments have at least one false premise.

false


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