LOGIC AND CRITICAL REASONING

ANALYZING INDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS

1 : Identify the premises, the conclusion, the sample class, the target class, and what all members of the class have in common. Then, looking at the target class, identify the type of argument.

Argument 1:

Imposing an economic sanction on North Korea just won't work.

The United Nations imposed drastic sanctions upon Rhodesia; they failed utterly.

We imposed sanctions on Poland; nothing happened.

Our government has forbidden trade with Cuba for the past twenty-five years; Cuba goes its own way. Most recently, the president has laid heavy sanctions upon Libya; our noble allies have pooh-poohed the effort.