smartbook 1.3
A(n) form is one that has some invalid substitution instances. - correct answer ✔✔invalid argument
Identify a correct example of the fallacy of denying the antecedent from the following. - correct answer
✔✔If it rains, the soil is wet. It does not rain. The soil is not wet.
Identify a correct feature of a counterexample. - correct answer ✔✔All counterexamples of an argument
form are not equally effective.
Identify a correct statement about a good counterexample to an argument. - correct answer ✔✔A good
counterexample is a substitution instance of a given argument.
True or false: The fallacy of affirming the consequent denies the antecedent of its conditional premise. -
correct answer ✔✔False
The fallacy of _____ follows the following argument form: 1. If A, then B. 2. Not A. So, 3. Not B. - correct
answer ✔✔denying the antecedent
"If Samuel wins the lottery, he will buy a house. Samuel buys a house. So, Samuel has won the lottery."
This is an example of the fallacy of _____. - correct answer ✔✔affirming the consequent
"If the temperature falls, it will become colder. The temperature does not fall. So, it will not become
colder." This is an example of the fallacy of _____. - correct answer ✔✔denying the antecedent
An counterexample to an argument form is a substitution instance in which the premises are true and
the conclusion is false. - correct answer ✔✔True.
Pick out the correct example of a categorical statement. - correct answer ✔✔All ministers are human
beings.
