PHIL 347 Week 2 Checkpoint Quiz
The checkpoint quizzes are short assessments that will check your understanding of the terms and concepts from the reading.. This quiz will be graded based on correctness of response.
- Question: Briefly state how the text defines “claim.”
- Question: Reread the section in the text entitled “Two Confusions to Avoid” in Chapter 5. From what you read there, construct a definition of the term “argument” that includes both what the term is, in the context of this chapter, and what it is not.
- Question: What questions does the text suggest we ask to distinguish conclusions and reasons?
- Question: What are the component premises are there in the following statement: “If it weren’t for how much it costs and how big it is, I’d buy that TV for our bedroom.”
- Question: Below are four common misconceptions about mapping an argument. Choose any two and briefly explain why each is wrong.
- When making an analysis and map of another person’s argument, you should correct obvious mistakes.
- Every line of reasoning in an argument map eventually leads to a conclusion.
- Unless the speaker actually states a reason, we can’t tell what they are thinking.
- In analyzing and mapping the statements in an argument, context is not important.
