Question

B. In each of the following passages: (a) determine whether or not an argument is present; (b) if an argument is present, identify the premises and the conclusion.

1. I don’t like Facebook. And I can’t stand Twitter either.

2. Every time you hang out with him, you feel miserable. So you shouldn’t go out with him.

3. I’ve seen 1,000 swans, and all of them are white. Therefore, most swans are white.

*4. Given that gas prices will rise and the housing market will continue to slump, the United States will surely fall into a recession next year.

5. Due to higher carbon-dioxide emissions and increased atmospheric particulates, global temperatures will rise over the coming century.

6. If you eat too much, you’ll gain weight.

7. You say that all famous philosophers are men. But look at Mary Wollstonecraft— she’s a famous philosopher, so some famous philosophers are women.

*8. I bet that he’s at Starbucks because I’ve seen him there most days at about this time.

9. The survey was given to 146 thirteen-year-olds selected at random from the list of thirteen-year-old students enrolled at West Junior High School.

10. Why don’t you try the tai nam? You’ll like it. It’s my favorite kind of Vietnamese noodles.

11. “[A]sk not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” (Kennedy 1961)

*12. “One of the striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.” (Twain 1999 [1894], 30)

13. “The Cherokees believed that they had a sacred duty to avenge the deaths of fallen comrades, and so war parties formed quickly following a death.” (Perdue 2005, 3)

14. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way. There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State, that things in general were settled for ever. It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five.” (Dickens 1922 [1859], 1, material omitted)

15.“Although I believe that [a] table is ‘really’ of the same color all over, the parts that reflect the light look much brighter than the other parts, and some parts look white because of the reflected light. I know that, if I move, the parts that reflect light will be different, so that the apparent distribution of colours on the table will change. It follows that if several people are looking at the table at the same moment, no two of them will see exactly the same distribution of colours, because no two can see it from exactly the same point of view, and any change in the point of view makes some change in the way the light is reflected.” (Russell 1912, 8–9)

Answer 1

1). Argument is not present.

2). Argument is present.

Premise:- everytiEv you hangout with him, you feel miserable.

Conclusion:- you shouldn't go out with him.

3). Argument is present.

Premise:- I have seen 1000 swans, and all of them are white

Conclusion:- most swans are white.

4). Argument is present.

Premise:- gas pricing will rise and the housing market will continue to slump.

Conclusion:- the united States will surely fall into a recession.

5). Argument is present.

Premise:- high carbon dioxide emission and increased atmospheric particulates present.

Conclusion:-- global tempreture will rise over the coming century.