PHI 1101 Lecture 2: CHAPTER 10 Exercise Questions
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Conclusion: we were wise when we ceased the routine vaccination of our children. : not an argument, complex argument. Intermediate conclusion: computers will soon exceed the abilities of humans at complex games such as chess or bridge. Inference indicators: thus , that makes it obvious that : simple argument. Conclusion: the taipei study of the spread of sars doesn"t establish its conclusion at all. : simple argument. Conclusion: you should stop killing every spider you see. : simple argument. Conclusion: you should stop disagreeing with everything the boss says. : note that this argument contains both a command and a question. Usually these types of speech acts do not belong in arguments, since they are not claims. But in the argument both the command and the question appear to be intended as claims. Therefore they can be plausibly translated into claims, as the above shows: not an argument, not an argument, not an argument, simple argument.
