This assignment focuses on deductive and non-deductive arguments. Paper instructions: Answer all Questions. Only answer one part of Question 3. Do Not Copy the Questions into your assignment, just write your answers. (They shouldnt be copied either!)
Deductive and Non-deductive arguments.
Answer all Questions. Only answer one part of Question 3. Do Not Copy the Questions into your assignment, just write your answers. (They shouldnt be copied either!) Upload your answers in a PDF or Word file by the assignment due date. Question 1 [8 marks] Here are some arguments (of varying form and quality): 1. You are a healthy person. If you garden then you will be a healthy person. So, you garden. 2. Growing your own food is satisfying for all people and you can plant whatever you like to eat. Not to mention, flowers are so lovely to look at. Bunnings often has sales on seasonal flowers and you can get great bargains!
Deductive and Non-deductive arguments.
So, you should get into gardening. 3. Since all gardening gets you outside in the sunlight and fresh air, all gardeners are healthy. This is because all healthy people go outside in the sunlight and fresh air. Also, fresh air is healthy. A. Identify which of the arguments are deductive and which are non-deductive. Give a short reason for each decision. [1.5 mark] B. At least one sentence in one of the deductive arguments is irrelevant. Identify and explain why its irrelevant. [1.5 mark] C. Put the deductive arguments into standard form. Only include information that is part of the argument; do not add any hidden information.
Deductive and Non-deductive arguments.
[2 marks] D. Identify whether the deductive arguments are valid or invalid by providing either a valid deductive form or a counter-example to show that the argument is invalid. [3 marks] Question 2 [8 marks] Heres a longer deductive argument: Microchips are too small to be seen by the human eye. My phone has way better Bluetooth connection since getting the vaccine. If the Bluetooth connection of my devices has suddenly improved after getting the vaccine, then the vaccine must be the cause of this improvement. The government has been researching and producing Bluetooth microchips.
Deductive and Non-deductive arguments.
A. This argument is missing something. What is the best missing statement to add to this argument? Only give one missing statement. [2 marks] B. Put the argument into standard form, including the missing statement, but without any irrelevant statements. [3 marks] C. Is this standard form argument valid or invalid? Give clear reasons. [3 marks] Question 3 [4 marks] EITHER: Scientists define Tomatoes as fruit because they have seeds (an ideal definition). However, they are treated as vegetables in the social institution of cooking (an institutional definition). Tell us about another word like our tomato example that has one meaning, but two different types of definitions that are used by different groups of people.
Deductive and Non-deductive arguments.
Explain the practical effects of the different definitions of the word, and whether this matters. Note: Do NOT give any of the examples from this course, and do NOT give a food as your example. Also, dont choose a word that is ambiguous or has multiple meanings, e.g., bank. OR: Create a generalization that is useful but false when treated as a universal generalization, and becomes true but much less useful when treated as an empirical generalization. https://youtu.be/yAjkQ1YqLEE Give an instance where the universal generalization is false. Explain why it is less useful as an empirical generalization.
Deductive and Non-deductive arguments.
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Deductive and Non-deductive arguments.
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