Chapter 10
ch10
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1.
Make this inductive (statistical) syllogism into a relatively strong argument by supplying an appropriate premise or conclusion: Greg must be into all that New Age stuff since he wears his hair in a ponytail.
2.
Make this inductive (statistical) syllogism into a relatively strong argument by supplying an appropriate premise or conclusion: People who go to Burning Man are not like you and me. Why just look at how odd Greg is!
3.
Make this inductive (statistical) syllogism into a relatively strong argument by supplying an appropriate premise or conclusion: Dennis plays trumpet in the marching band at Yale, so he probably doesn't have a girlfriend.
4.
Make this inductive (statistical) syllogism into a relatively strong argument by supplying an appropriate premise or conclusion: We're going to the home of our Italian friends, Marco and Claudia, for dinner. I suspect it'll be really good.
5.
Make this inductive (statistical) syllogism into a relatively strong argument by supplying an appropriate premise or conclusion: A vast number of people who care about sustainability have a vegetable garden, so Scott probably does, too.
6.
Make this inductive (statistical) syllogism into a relatively strong argument by supplying an appropriate premise or conclusion: Most people with old cars have financial problems, so Anne and Dennis must be struggling financially.
7.
Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage -or you could put this in terms of whether the inductive generalization has a "confidence level" in the conclusion that is too high or an "error margin" that is too narrow for the facts asserted in the premise(s). Housing is far too expensive in this country. Why, the median price of a home in most of California is now over $350,000.
8.
Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage -or you could put this in terms of
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1.
Make this inductive (statistical) syllogism into a relatively strong argument by supplying an appropriate premise or conclusion: Greg must be into all that New Age stuff since he wears his hair in a ponytail.
2.
Make this inductive (statistical) syllogism into a relatively strong argument by supplying an appropriate premise or conclusion: People who go to Burning Man are not like you and me. Why just look at how odd Greg is!
3.
Make this inductive (statistical) syllogism into a relatively strong argument by supplying an appropriate premise or conclusion: Dennis plays trumpet in the marching band at Yale, so he probably doesn't have a girlfriend.
4.
Make this inductive (statistical) syllogism into a relatively strong argument by supplying an appropriate premise or conclusion: We're going to the home of our Italian friends, Marco and Claudia, for dinner. I suspect it'll be really good.
5.
Make this inductive (statistical) syllogism into a relatively strong argument by supplying an appropriate premise or conclusion: A vast number of people who care about sustainability have a vegetable garden, so Scott probably does, too.
6.
Make this inductive (statistical) syllogism into a relatively strong argument by supplying an appropriate premise or conclusion: Most people with old cars have financial problems, so Anne and Dennis must be struggling financially.
7.
Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage -or you could put this in terms of whether the inductive generalization has a "confidence level" in the conclusion that is too high or an "error margin" that is too narrow for the facts asserted in the premise(s). Housing is far too expensive in this country. Why, the median price of a home in most of California is now over $350,000.
8.
Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage -or you could put this in terms of