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If a student is enrolled, she has an ID card. Meera has no ID card. What is the valid conclusion?Read the answer and worked solution →If John is a bachelor he is male; John is male; so John is a bachelor. This is which fallacy?Read the answer and worked solution →Formal fallacies are often tempting because they do what?Read the answer and worked solution →A hypothetical syllogism combines two statements of which kind?Read the answer and worked solution →If P then Q, and if Q then R. What follows?Read the answer and worked solution →A syllogism consists of how many parts?Read the answer and worked solution →Which type of syllogism is the most common?Read the answer and worked solution →Which logician is credited with the original theory of the categorical syllogism?Read the answer and worked solution →Aristotle's work in which text set out his theory of the syllogism?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair are universal propositions in Aristotle's syllogism?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair are particular propositions?Read the answer and worked solution →All humans are mortal; all Greeks are humans. What valid conclusion follows?Read the answer and worked solution →The minor term of a syllogism is which part of the conclusion?Read the answer and worked solution →A conditional syllogism is another name for which type?Read the answer and worked solution →A conditional statement takes which form?Read the answer and worked solution →A disjunctive syllogism uses a premise of which form?Read the answer and worked solution →In a polysyllogism, the conclusion of one syllogism becomes what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which medieval logician made Aristotelian logic more accessible with a Latin translation of Prior Analytics?Read the answer and worked solution →A modal syllogism has at least one premise containing which kind of word?Read the answer and worked solution →Abduction draws a conclusion that is how certain?Read the answer and worked solution →Besides formal deduction, which two kinds of logical reasoning are named informally?Read the answer and worked solution →X is human and all humans have a face, so X has a face. What kind of reasoning is this?Read the answer and worked solution →Which habit of mind is typical of a strong critical thinker?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is listed among the habits of mind of a critical thinker?Read the answer and worked solution →One definition describes critical thinking as disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded and what else?Read the answer and worked solution →Which set of skills appears in a definition of critical thinking judgment?Read the answer and worked solution →Where are informal fallacies frequently found?Read the answer and worked solution →Fallacies are erroneous types of reasoning that render arguments what?Read the answer and worked solution →

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If a student is enrolled, she has an ID card. Meera has no ID card. What is the valid conclusion?

  1. Meera is enrolled
  2. Meera may be enrolled
  3. Meera is not enrolled
  4. No conclusion is possible
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Correct answer: C. Meera is not enrolled

Denying the consequent of a conditional validly denies its antecedent, so Meera is not enrolled.

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If John is a bachelor he is male; John is male; so John is a bachelor. This is which fallacy?

  1. Modus ponens rule
  2. Affirming the consequent
  3. Hypothetical syllogism
  4. Modus tollens rule
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Correct answer: B. Affirming the consequent

Concluding the antecedent from the truth of the consequent is the formal fallacy of affirming the consequent.

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Formal fallacies are often tempting because they do what?

  1. Contain no premises
  2. Appear valid at first glance
  3. Use only true conclusions
  4. Avoid conditional statements
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Correct answer: B. Appear valid at first glance

Formal fallacies can look valid on some occasions or at first impression, which seduces people into accepting them.

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