Critical Thinking Week Four Checkpoint Quiz_GRADED.

Question 1
5 / 5 pts
Based on what you have read in the text, the lecture, and any other sources you find
helpful to your understanding of deductive arguments, explain the structure of a
deductive argument in your own words.

5 / 5 pts
Go to the box “Deductive Reasoning” (in the beginning of Chapter 8). Read the last
paragraph there. Based on that reading and any other sources you find helpful to your
understanding, describe the part that “rules, operating conditions, core beliefs, values,
policies, principles, procedures, and terminology” (p. 159) play in deductive arguments.

Question 3
2 / 2 pts
In the introduction to Chapter 8, the text sets forth a specific definition of the term “valid”
as it applies to deductive arguments. What is that definition?

Question 4
2 / 2 pts
Use the following template to create a valid Denying the Consequent argument
example:
If_________________ then _______________
It is not the case that ______________________
Therefore, it is not the case that ________________

Question 5
2 / 2 pts
Use the following template to create a valid Affirming the Antecedent argument
example:
If_______________ then____________ therefore