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DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENT - IS AN ARGUMENT THAT IS INTENDED BY THE ARUGUER TO BE VALID, THAT IS TO PROVIDE A GUARANTTEE OF

THE TRUTH OF THE CONCLUSION PROVIDED THAT THE ARGUMENT'S PREMISESE ARE TRUE. THIS POINT CAN BE EXPRESSED ALSO BY
SAYING THAT IN A DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENT, THE PREMISES ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE SUCH STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE CONCLUSION
THAT IF THE PREMISES ARE TRUE THEN IT WOUL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CONCLUSION TO BE FALSE.

ALL MANGOES ARE FRUITS. ALL FRUITS GROW ON TREES. THEREFORE, ALL MANGOES GROW ON TREES
FRANCIS, KYLE AND MARTIN ARE STANDING IN A LINE, FRANC IS NOT BEHIND MARTIN. KYLE IS LAST IN LINE. THEN FRANCIS IS THE
ONE STANDING FIRST IN LINE.
IF YOU BRUSH AND FLOSS YOUR TEETH DAILY THEN YOU WILL HAVE FEWER CAVITIES. MARIES BRUSHES AND FLOSSES HER TEETH DAILY.
THUS, SHE WILL HAVE FEWER CAVITIES.
FOR A STUDENT TO GRADUATE COLLEGE, HE MUST HAVE EARN 120 CREDIT UNITS. LEO WILL GRADUATE NEXT MONTH. THEN HE MUST
HAVE EARNED AT LEAST 120 CREDIT UNITS.
ALL PLANTS ARE PHOTOSYNTHETIC, ALGAE ARE PLANTS. ALGAE ARE PHOTOSYNTHETIC

INDUCTIVE ARGUMENT IS AN ARGUMENT THAT IS INTENDED BY THE ARGUER MERELY TO ESTABLISH OR INCREASE THE PROBABILITY
OF ITS CONCLUSION. IN AN INDUCTIVE ARGUMENT, THE PREMISES ARE INTENDED TO BE SO STRONG THAT IF THEY WERE TRU, THEN IT
WOULD BE UNLIKELY THAT THE CONCLUSION IS FALSE.

THE CAVS HAVE ALREADY LOST SEVEN CONSECUTIVE GAMES. THUS, THEY WILL PROBABLY LOSE THEIR NEXT GAME.
FRITZ AND JULIE CAME BACK FROM THE BEACH WITH SUNBURNS. IT MUST HAVE BEEN REALLY A SUNNY DAY AT THE BEACH.
MY DADDY IS BALD. MY BROTHER IS BALD. THEREFORE, I WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME BALD.

THE CHAIR IN THE LIVING ROOM IS RED. THE CHAIR IN THE DINING ROOM IS RED. THE CHAIR IN THE BEDROOM IS RED. ALL THE CHAIRS
IN THE HOUSE ARE RED.
THIS YEAR BEGAN VERY WELL FOR ME. SO, THIS IS A LUCKY YEAR.

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