PHIL
106: Critical thinking
LARKIN:
Fall 2002
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TEST
#3 Review:
Inductive
Logic
Multiple
Choice Questions: Please choose the best available answer and record your choice on the
separate answer sheet provided.
If an inductively strong argument has a false
conclusion then we know that the argument:
a. Definitely has a false
premise
b. Probably has a false premise
c. Is cogent
d. Is not cogent
e. None of the above
It is illegal to assume a false identity. Therefore trick-or-treaters dressed up in
Halloween costumes should all be arrested.
a. Begging the question
b. Complex question
c. False Cause
d. Accident
e. Converse Accident/Hasty
Generalization
Tyler lives in a large house and drives a
Mercedes. So he must have a lot of
money.
a. Inductive Generalization
b. Argument by Analogy
c. Argument to the Best
Explanation
“Tyler lives in a large house and drives a
Mercedes. So he must have a lot of
money.” Which of the following would
make this argument weaker:
a. Tyler works part time at
Taco Bell.
b. Tyler is married with
children.
c. Tyler is a butler.
d. Tyler is a doctor.
e. Both a and c.
“Stacy and Tracy are twins. Stacy is going to Harvard. So Tracy is going to Harvard as well.” If we find out that while Stacy had perfect
SAT scores, Tracy didn’t even take the SAT, then the argument would be made
weaker by which of the following criteria:
a. Sample size
b. Representation of sample
c. Strength of analogy
d. Relevance of analogy
e. Explanatory power
f.
Plausibility
“Some Americans are blond. And some Americans are women.
So some Americans are blond women.”
This argument can be refuted by which of the following arguments:
a. Some democrats are
Americans. Some republicans are
Americans. So some democrats are
republicans.
b. Some Americans are
democrats. Some Americans are
Republicans. So some Americans are both
democrat and republican.
c. Some Americans are
democrats. Some democrats are
republicans. So some Americans are
republicans.
d. Some Americans are
democrats. Some Americans are
republicans. So some Americans are
democrats and some are republicans.