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Tw. Take Test week Three ( × + / /blackboard.dtcc.edu/webapps/assessment/take/launchjsp?course assessment id 232003 18 course id-99657 18content id-_7766698 1step-nul Question Completion Status: ° C. intended to be abductive O d.supposed to offer only probable support for their conclusions QUESTION 2 1 points In a valid argument, if the premises are true, then the: a. conclusion absolutely has to be true b. argument is cogent. O c condlusion may or may not be true O d. conclusion is not necessarily true QUESTION 3 1 points Save Answer What is the fallacy used in the follawing passage known as? age: If marjuana is legalized. young people will assume that smoking marijuana is socially acceptable. and that will lead them to give into the temptation to smoke marij uana themselves. And smoking marijuana can ruin their ives. Therefore, marjuana should not be legalized a, appeal to the person b. slippery slope O c. straw man O d. appeal to ignarance QUESTION 4 1 points Save Answer In this argument-1) Premarital sex is morally permissible because (2) it makes people happy- statement 1 is the statement 2 is the O a. condlusion; premise O b.premise: conclusion O c. implied premise; stated premise O d.main arzyment premise QUESTIONS Save All Artkwers Save and Submit

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2) An argument is valid =df If all the premises are true, then the conclusion must be true.

3) b) Slippery slope

The slippery slope fallacy occurs when someone claims that an apparently harmless action is likely to result in a chain reaction of events (the "slippery slope") leading up to a harmful consequence, when, in fact, the chain reaction of events is very unlikely to occur.

4) a) conclusion; premise

In an argument, the supporting statements are known as premise; the statement being supported is known as the conclusion

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