Determine whether the arguments are deductive or inductive 1. It has rained almo

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Determine whether the arguments are deductive or inductive

1. It has rained almost every day recently. I expect that it will rain tomorrow as well.

2. Since this is a race for fillies, none of the horses are geldings.

3. Oh yea, he probably lied. After all, he Is politician, and he know what they are like.

4. it’s cool in places where it should be hot, and hot in places where it should be cold. Floods, droughts, and storms are more common and more server. You could hardly have any better indication that there is in facet global warming.

5. It will be nice tomorrow. You remember that old saying: Red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky in morning, sailors take warning. Just look at the sky.

Explanation / Answer

An argument is said to be deductive if its conclusion is claimed to necessarily follow from its premises. That is, if it is claimed that since the premises are true or acceptable, the conclusion must also be true or acceptable, then the argument is deductive.

An inductive argument is an argument that is intended by the arguer to be strong enough that, if the premises were to be true, then it would be unlikely that the conclusion is false. So, an inductive argument's success or strength is a matter of degree, unlike with deductive arguments.

From above definitions we can decide that

Statement 1 is Inductive

Statement 2 is deductive

Statement 3 is Inductive

Statement 4 is deductive

Statement 5 is Inductive

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