Philosophical Quiz

QUESTION 1 Fill in the blank: Is the following argument an inductive argument or a deductive argument? “Every planet in our solar system is smaller than the sun. Jupiter is a planet in our solar system. Therefore, Jupiter is smaller than the sun.”   QUESTION 2 Fill in the blank: Is the following argument a deductive argument or an inductive argument? “Most antibiotics are effective for treating bacterial infections. You have a bacterial infection. You are taking the antibiotic Q. Thus, the antibiotic you are taking will be effective in treating your bacterial infection.”   QUESTION 3 Fill in the blank: Is the following argument a deductive argument or an inductive argument? “I just drank a bottle of Sunrise Spring Mineral Water. Since it has been shown that most bottled water is safe, I can conclude, with some confidence, that the water is safe.”   QUESTION 4 Which of the following best describes an inductive argument? Given the truth of the premises, the conclusion is guaranteed to be true A weak deductive argument Given the truth of the conclusion, the premises are guaranteed to be true Given the truth of the premises, the conclusion is very likely to be true   QUESTION 5 A categorical syllogism is a type of argument that consists of two components, the subject term and the __________ term.   QUESTION 6 Which of the following best describes a deductive argument? Given the truth of the premises, the conclusion is guaranteed to be true A generalization from a set of particular statements to a general hypothesis Given the truth of the premises, the conclusion is most likely to be true Given the truth of the conclusion, the premises are most likely false   QUESTION 7 An argument is a set of two or more propositions related to each other in such a way that all but one of them (the premises) are supposed to provide support for the remaining one (the conclusion).  True  False   QUESTION 8 What is the term used to describe the propositions / statements that are used to provide support for the conclusion?   QUESTION 9 Fill in the blank: Is the following argument a deductive argument or an inductive argument? “Every raven I have ever seen has been black. My daughter just spotted a raven in our backyard. The raven in our backyard is most likely black.”   QUESTION 10 Fill in the blank: Is the following argument a deductive argument or an inductive argument? “All dogs have canines. You have a dog named Toby. Therefore, your dog named Toby has canines.”