Question

“Now you say that I believe in spiritual things and teach about them, whether new or old, but at any rate spiritual things according to what you say, and to this you have sworn in your deposition. But if I believe in spiritual things I must quite inevitably believe in spirits. Is that not so? It is indeed. I shall d assume that you agree, as you do not answer. Do we not believe spirits to be either gods or the children of gods? Yes or no?—Of course. Then since I do believe in spirits, as you admit, if spirits are gods, this is what I mean when I say you speak in riddles and in jest, as you state that I do not believe in gods and then again that I do, since I do believe in spirits” (26.d-e , apology )

1-. Make sure to explicitly identify the premises and the conclusion?

2-reconstruct the form of the argument so as to bring out its logic

3- determine whether it is a deductive or an inductive argument

4-Evaluate the logic of the argument by determining whether the conclusion follows from the premises (make sure to label the argument appropriately as valid, invalid, strong, or weak—as the case may be). If the argument is either invalid or weak,

5-Evaluate the premises to see if all of them are true?

Answer 1