WorksheetsPHIL109 9/8/22
Total questions: 4
Worksheet time: 2mins
Identify the implicit premise in the following argument:
Since the subway train did not stop at this platform, it must be an express train.
Express trains do not stop at all platforms.
Express trains are faster than local trains.
All non-express trains stop at this platform.
There are different kinds of trains that stop at different platforms.
Identify the implicit premise in the following argument:
The plays attributed to Shakespeare exhibit a profound intelligence, but Shakespeare never went to college and therefore could not have been very intelligent. So someone else wrote his plays.
Colleges produce very intelligent people.
Only very intelligent people go to college.
Shakespeare had many very intelligent friends.
Only people who go to college are very intelligent.
Identify the implicit premise in the following argument:
It's very cold outside, so recess will have to be moved indoors.
Students do not like recess outdoors when it is very cold.
If it is very cold outside, recess will be moved indoors.
Recess cannot be cancelled.
Recess is an important part of a student's day.
Identify the implicit premise:
We have to hire either Marquise or Trayvon, so we have to hire Marquise.
Trayvon will not work for us.
Trayvon rejected our first offer.
Marquise fits well in our company.
Marquise really wants to work for us.
