PHIL 105 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Deductive Reasoning, Multiple Choice, Ais People

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 105
• Professor: Dai Heide

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If an argument is deductive, then: a. b. c. d. It is possible for it to have all false premises and a true conclusion. It is possible for it to have all false premises and a false conclusion. It is possible for it to have all true premises and a false conclusion. It is possible for two tokens of the same word type to express the same proposition: the fallacy of black and white thinking occurs when an ambiguous term is used in one of the premises d. e. If an argument is a fallacy, then at least one of its premises is false. It an argument from authority is successful, then there must be consensus among the experts on the topic in question f. If an argument is sound, then its premises are true: which of the following is true? a. If a is sufficient for b, then b is sufficient for a b. c. d. e. f.