Question: Completing the Table. Complete the table by testing the validity of each argument using common patterns of reasoning. An example is made for you. (20
Completing the Table.Complete the table by testing the validity of each argument using common patterns of reasoning. An example is made for you. (20 points)
Argument | Valid/Invalid | Pattern of reasoning |
| Example: If an animal is cute, then it isn't a squid. This animal isn't a squid. Therefore, this animal is cute. | Invalid | Fallacy of the converse |
8.All frogs are amphibians. All frogs have gills. Therefore, all amphibians have gills. | ||
9.You will meet a tall, handsome stranger or you will stay home and pick fleas off of your cat. You didn't meet and tall, handsome stranger. Therefore, you stayed home and picked fleas off of your cat. | ||
10.All racers live dangerously. Gomer is a racer. Therefore, Gomer lives dangerously. | ||
11.If you aren't polite, you won't be treated with respect. You aren't treated with respect. Therefore, you aren't polite. | ||
12.If you are kind to a puppy, then he will be your friend. You weren't kind to that puppy. Hence, he isn't your friend. | ||
13.If I don't pay my income taxes, then I file for an extension or I am a felon. I'm not a felon and I didn't file for an extension. Therefore, I paid my income taxes | ||
14.I wash the dishes or I don't eat. I eat. Thus, I wash the dishes | ||
15.If you play golf during a thunderstorm, you'll get hit by lightning. You didn't get hit by lightning. Therefore, you didn't play golf during a thunderstorm. | ||
16.If an animal is a squid, then it has tentacles. If an animal is an octopus, then it has tentacles. Therefore, if an animal is a squid, then it is an octopus | ||
17.All protons are subatomic particles. All neutrons are subatomic particles. Hence, all protons are neutrons. |
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