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Hurley & Watson - Introduction to Logic - 13/e (Homework)

James Finch

Math - College, section 1, Fall 2019

Instructor: Dr. Friendly

Current Score : 59 / 77

Due : Sunday, January 27, 2030 00:00 EST

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  • Instructions

    A Concise Introduction to Logic, published by Cengage Learning, is #1 in its market for good reason. In the thirteenth edition, Patrick Hurley and new co-author Lori Watson continue the lucid, focused, and accessible presentation of logic, both formal and informal. The WebAssign digital solution provides extensive, carefully sequenced, autograded exercises that guide students toward greater proficiency with the skills they are learning. The range and volume of these exercises allow self-pacing, so students can build skills methodically and work up to more difficult problems. WebAssign also features an online homework solution with nearly 2,000 problems, over 100 video clips covering difficult topics, and a complete eBook.

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    Question 6 demonstrates how Venn Diagrams are presented to the student with accompanying alternative text.

    Question 7 demonstrates how students can reconstruct a syllogistic form with pull-down answer choices and explain why the argument is valid or invalid.

    Question 8 has students translate a statement into symbolic form.

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The following statement represents a conclusion for an argument. It is expressed in the form of two alternatives. Select one of the alternatives for the conclusion, and then jot down several reasons that support it.
The death penalty should/should not be abolished.
     Correct: Your answer is correct.
Incorporate your reasons into a written argument of at least 100 words that supports the conclusion. Include premise and conclusion indicators in some of your arguments, but not in all of them. (Submit a file with a maximum size of 1 MB.)

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Create the following nonargument.
A conditional statement about a topic in astronomy. Identify the antecedent and the consequent.

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Answer "true" or "false" to the following statement.
In an inductive argument, it is intended that the conclusion contain more information than the premises.
     Correct: Your answer is correct.


Solution or Explanation
True
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In the following, name three items denoted by the terms in the left-hand column and all items denoted by the terms in the right-hand column. (Expand the accordions below to access the content for each column.)
newspaper tallest mountain on earth
scientist prime number less than 10
manufacturer first president of the United States
river language of Canada
opera Scandinavian country
  • Left-hand Column

    newspaper

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    tallest mountain on earth
         Correct: Your answer is correct.
    prime number less than 10 (Select all that apply.)
    Correct: Your answer is correct.

    first president of the United States
         Correct: Your answer is correct.
    language of Canada (Select all that apply.)
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    Scandinavian country (Select all that apply.)
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Identify the fallacies of relevance committed by the following argument. If no fallacy is committed, write "no fallacy." (Select all that apply.)
Surely you welcome the opportunity to join our protective organization. Think of all the money you will lose from broken windows, overturned trucks, and damaged merchandise in the event of your not joining.

Give a brief explanation for your answer.

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Draw a Venn diagrams for the following proposition.
All electric motors (E) are machines that depend on magnetism (M).

Correct: Your answer is correct.


Solution or Explanation
A Venn diagram is given with a shaded region. The left hand circle is labeled E and the right hand circle is labeled M. The shaded region is all of circle E that does not overlap circle M.
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Reconstruct the following syllogistic form.
IAI-2
Some P are M
All S are M.
S P.
Use the five rules for syllogisms to determine if it is valid from the Boolean standpoint, conditionally valid from the Aristotelian standpoint, or invalid.
    
If it is conditionally valid, identify the condition that must be fulfilled. If it is invalid from either the Boolean or Aristotelian standpoint, name the fallacy or fallacies committed. Check your answer by constructing a Venn diagram. (Select all that apply.)

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Translate the following statement into symbolic form using uppercase letters to represent affirmative English statements. Example: Suppose you are given the statement "If Facebook makes us narcissistic, then either Twitter or LinkedIn relieves our loneliness." This would be translated
F (T L).
Reese Witherspoon wins best actress only if Martin Scorsese wins best director.
     Incorrect: Your answer is incorrect.


Solution or Explanation
R M
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Determine whether the following symbolized arguments are valid or invalid by constructing a truth table for each.
GH
R triple bond G
~HG
R triple bond H
G H / R triple bond G / ~ H G // R triple bond H
T Correct: Your answer is correct. seenKey

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line which all three premises are true and the conclusion is false. The argument is therefore Incorrect: Your answer is incorrect. seenKey

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Use the first four rules of inference to derive the conclusions of the symbolized argument.
1. (LN) C      2. (LN) (P ~E)      3. ~E C      4. ~C      / ~P 5. Correct: Your answer is correct. seenKey

~(𝘓𝘕)

     1, 4, Correct: Your answer is correct. seenKey

MT

6. Correct: Your answer is correct. seenKey

𝘗 ~𝘌

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2, 5

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DS

7. Correct: Your answer is correct. seenKey

~~𝘌

     3, 4, Correct: Your answer is correct. seenKey

MT

8. ~P      Correct: Your answer is correct. seenKey

6, 7

, Correct: Your answer is correct. seenKey

MT



Solution or Explanation
  1. (LN) C
  2. (LN) (P ~E)
  3. ~E C
  4. ~C      / ~P
  5. ~(LN)      1, 4, MT
  6. P ~E      2, 5, DS
  7. ~~E      3, 4, MT
  8. ~P      6, 7, MT
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Identify the kind of causality intended by the following statement. Is the cause a sufficient condition, necessary condition, or both sufficient and necessary condition?
Heating an iron rod causes it to expand.
     Correct: Your answer is correct.


Solution or Explanation
Sufficient and necessary condition. The rod will expand if and only if it is heated.
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Compute the answer to the following question.
Given the following group of people together with their salaries, what is the average salary in the sense of mean, median, and mode?
Number of people Salary
1 $110,000
2 $100,000
1 $85,000
3 $55,000
1 $45,000
2 $35,000
5 $30,000
mean = $ median = $ mode = $
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