Critical Thinking Assignment

Exercise 1-1 1. What is an argument? An argument is a both part structure of claims one part contains a premise and the otherwise a expiration. 2. T or F A claim is what you occasion to state an opinion or a belief. 3. T or F Critical thinking involves attacking other people. 4. Tor F Whether a going contains an argument depends on how long it is. 5. T or F When a claim has been questioned, an issue has been raised. 6. Do all arguments have set forth? Yes 7. Do all arguments have conclusions? Yes 8. T or F if it is impossible for the premise of an argument to be full-strength without the conclusion also being true the argument is deductively valid. . T or F The more support the premises of an argument provide its conclusion, the stronger the argument. If the premises being true means that credibly the conclusion is true, the argument is inductively strong. 10. Can a conclusion be implied, or must it ever be explicitly stated? It must always be explicitly stated and consists o f words and phrases like therefore, thus, and consequently. 11. Explain the connectedness between an argument and an issue. When you have an issue you are raising a question to a claim and arguments are claims structured into two parts. two are connected through claims. 12. T or F milling machine Lite tastes great is a tax judgment. 13. Are all repute judgements about matters of taste? 14. T or F All value judgments are equally casefulive. 15. T or F Only claims subject to scientific testing are worth discussing. 16. T or F All arguments are used to try to persuade someone of something. 17. T or F All attempts to persuade someone of something are arguments. 18. T or F Whenever a claim is called into question, an issue has been raised. 19. T or F Moral value judgments might all be true. 0. T or F Sometimes we transfer a favorable or unfavorable opinion of a speaker to what the speaker says 21. T or F Explanations and arguments serve the same purpose. 22. Therefore and consequentl y are conclusion indicators. True 23. T or F Rhetorical or emotive force refers to the emotional content or associations of a word or phrase. 24. T or F the rhetorical force of language provide get in the way of clear and critical thinking. 25. T or F We should not try to put our own position on any issue in the most favorable light.