1. What is a logical argument?
2. When and how do we use them?
3. What parts do they contain?
Syllogism
- What makes something a syllogism?
- Why do people use syllogisms?
- How do people create syllogisms?
- Construct a syllogism. Label its parts.
Deductive Argument
- What makes an argument deductive?
- Why do people use deduction?
- How do people create them?
- Construct a deductive argument. Label its parts
Inductive Arguments
- What makes an argument inductive?
- Why do people use induction?
- How do people create inductive arguments?
- Create an inductive argument. Label its parts.
Evaluate these arguments:
- Ten women can do a piece of work ten times as quickly as one man. One woman can
- clean a room in ten seconds; therefore, ten women can clean a room in one second.
- There are 16 cans on the top-shelf of the pantry, and 10 on the lower shelf of the pantry. There are no cans anywhere else in my pantry. Therefore, there are 26 cans in the pantry.
- I have seen many children with red hair misbehave; therefore, all children with red hair misbehave.