Which of these should we do when confronted by an argument in logic?

Leave the room

Evaluate it

Make fun of the person making it

Ignore it

A premise is a ____ given for a conclusion.

guess

reason

diversion

conclusion

If the premises of an inductive argument are accepted as true, the conclusion

must be false.

must be true.

is probably true.

is probably false.

People study reason in order to

understand their own reasoning better.

prevent being deceived by bad arguments.

improving their skills in arguing.

All of the above

Logic is the study of

the human mind.

reasoning.

emotions.

psychology.

An argument can have

no more than five premises.

only false premises.

only false conclusions.

any number of premises.

Which of the following is likely to indicate a conclusion?

Assuming that

Given that

It follows that

Provided that

The idea that claims need not be looked at critically is called

skepticism.

revanchism.

egoism.

dogmatism.

One way to refute an argument logically is to

show the conclusion doesn't follow from the premises.

hit the person making the argument.

indicate you don't really like the conclusion.

refuse to listen to the person making the argument.

A parent who tells her daughter to go to bed, and refuses to argue for her claim, could be called

irrational.

dogmatic.

skeptical.

chthonic.