PHI 103 Ashford University Common Argument Forms Paper

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In the required reading this week we learned about the following argument forms: Deductive arguments, statistical syllogisms, arguments from analogy, appeals to authority, and inductive generalizations.

Choose three of the five argument forms and create an example of each. Your arguments do not have to be great arguments (you will analyze their quality below), but they should clearly be instances of the argument types you chose in question (make sure to indicate what argument type each one is).

After each argument, provide a brief analysis of its quality. If it is deductive, is it valid? Is it sound? If it is inductive, is it strong? Is it cogent? (Be sure to read the definitions from the text.) What might be done to improve the argument? What can people do to better understand and apply this type of argument in general?

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Common Argument Forms
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Inductive generalization
In inductive generalization argument, what is known of a particular item can be
generalized to all of the same origin. For example, most Africans are black. Oprah is black.
Therefore, she is African. The above example is a strong argument because it is likely to be
accepted as the truth. Also, it is a known fact that most Africans are black, and since Oprah is
black, the likelihood of originating from the African continent is high. The argument is also
cogent since it is clear, logical, and convinces an individual that Oprah is African based on the
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