critical R&W

A person is guilty of practical inconsistency when he or she is hypocritical or fails to practice what he or she preaches.

• true

• false

By definition, all weak arguments are

• unsound

• deductive

• inductive

• invalid

Words or phrases that provide clues when premises or conclusions are being offered are called

• markers

• indicator words

• signifying phrases

• signal words

A deductive argument with true premises and a true conclusion is always valid

• true

• false

A deductive argument is always intended to show that its conclusion is highly plausible

• true

• false

A single grammatical sentence can be used to express more than one statement

• true

• false

Affirming the consequent is a deductively valid pattern of reasoning

• true

• false

An ______ is a three-line argument that consists of two premises and conclusion

• enthymeme

• syllogism

• trilogy

• categorical argument

self-interested thinking is a form of______

• short-term thinking

• sociocentrism

• egocentrsim

• emotive thinking

Statements that are intended simply to convey information about a subject are called

• descriptions

• reports

• informative statements

• narrations