Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
(NOTE: Include both Task 1 & 2 responses with main types of arguments (Deductive & Inductive) in a single post, and then you must respond to three colleague posts. Be sure to clearly indicate which Task (1 or 2) you are responding to.)
Hi everyone,
We have learned this week about deductive reasoning, including what it takes for an argument to be valid. This discussion allows us to get more practice with the concept through making arguments valid. You will see a list of arguments here. These arguments are not presented in standard form, and each is missing a premise that would be necessary to make it valid. Your tasks will be to put the argument into standard form and add the missing premise that would validly link the premises to the conclusion.
Prepare: To prepare to respond to this prompt, reread the section from Chapter 2 of our book titled “Extracting Arguments in Standard form,” all required portions of Chapters 3 and 4, as well as the guidance and required media for this week. Further assistance in the filling missing premises can be gained from watching the video Constructing Valid Arguments. (Links to an external site.) .
