Instruction I: Match statements under column “A” with the concepts under column “B”
Column A
1. ____ Proving by providing evidence or reason
2. _____ Inferential claim
3. _____ Factual claim
4. _____ Conclusion follows with strict necessity from premises
5. _____ If premises are assumed true, it is improbable for the conclusion to be true
Column B
A. Invalid argument
B. premise
C. Weak argument
D. argument
E. Cogent argument
F. conclusion
G. Sound argument
H. Deductive argument
I. Inference
J. Inductive argument
Instruction II: Fill the blank spaces with appropriate concepts or phrases
1. Deductive forms of argumentation are _____
2. Any strong inductive argument which contains true premises is known as _____
3. _____ is an argument that proceeds from the knowledge of a selected sample to some claim about the entire population
4. The core branches of philosophy are _____
5. Philosophical study of knowledge is known as _____
Instruction III: If the statement is correct write “True”, if it is incorrect write “False”
1. _____ All sound arguments are valid
2. _____ All weak arguments are un cogent
3. _____ If the premises and conclusion of argument is true, then the argument is valid
4. _____ If a passage lacks an inferential clam, and then it is non-argument 5. _____ All arguments contain argument indicator words
