Check the following argument for Validity:
Pride is confidence.
Pride is a virtue.
Therefore confidence is a virtue.
Group of answer choices
Valid
Invalid, illicit minor
Invalid, Undistributed middle
Invalid, illicit major
The correct answer is Option D. The argument given above is invalid because it involves an illicit major.
Check the following argument for Validity: Pride is confidence. Pride is a virtue. Therefore confidence...
Check the following argument for validity: Dave is virtuous. Courage is confidence. Therefore some confidence is not virtuous. Group of answer choices Invalid, negative conclusion from affirmative premises Valid Invalid, four terms Invalid, Undistributed middle
Check the following argument for Validity: No children are good kids. Some good kids do not steal. Therefore, some children steal. Group of answer choices Valid Invalid, two negative premises Invalid, four terms Invalid, undistributed middle
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Using the imagination test, determine whether the following argument is valid or invalid: Some basketball players are fast. Some basketball players are strong. Therefore, some basketball players are both fast and strong. invalid valid
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1. Determine whether or not the following argument is valid or invalid. Show your work, clearly explaining how you determined its validity or invalidity. You may justify your answer either by use of a truth table or by citing or known valid argument forms or fallacies. Justifications that appeal to common sense, which are based on opinion or perceptions, or which otherwise do not analyse the underlying logic will not be accepted. THE ARGUMENT: If you have just cause why...
QUESTION 2 Determine whether the following argument is valid using the long or short truth-table method. Premise 1 If Angela is hungry, she eats pizza. Premise 2 Angela is not eating pizza. Therefore, Angela is not hungry. The above argument is a) valid b) invalid
In the Meno, Meno gives the following definition of virtue to Socrates: “This is a man’s virtue: to take part in the city’s affairs capably, and by doing so to benefit his friends and harm his enemies.…If you want a woman’s virtue…She must manage the household well….” What kind of definition is this? Group of answer choices circular definition essential definition definition by genus definition by example