Critical Thinking Quiz 3 - Ampliative vs Deductive Argument

All firefighters are brave, and being brave is virtuous. So all firefighters are virtuous.

• Deductive

• Ampliative

If X is less than Y, then X is not equal to Y. If X is not equal to Y, then Y minus X is not equal to zero. So, if X is less than Y, then Y minus X is not equal to zero.

• Deductive

• Ampliative

The sun will probably rise tomorrow; after all, it has risen every day of my life so far

• Deductive

• Ampliative

If woodchucks could chuck wood, then they would. So woodchucks would be dangerous.

• Deductive

• Ampliative

Lucy hates the snow, and it snows every year in Maine. So Lucy shouldn't move to Maine.

• Deductive

• Ampliative

When I become a bird-watcher, pigs will fly. And when pigs fly, I will probably mistake them for birds. So, when I become a bird-watcher, I will probably mistake flying pigs for birds.

• Deductive

• Ampliative