Premise 1: All Premise 1: If it

men are mortal. rains, the ground

Premise 2: will be wet.
Socrates is a man. Premise 2: It is
Conclusion: raining.
Therefore, Conclusion:
Socrates is Therefore, the
mortal. ground is wet.

Premise 1: All Premise 1: All

squares have four mammals have a
equal sides. backbone.
Premise 2: This Premise 2:
shape has four Dolphins are
equal sides. mammals.
Conclusion: Conclusion:
Therefore, this Therefore,
shape is a square. dolphins have a
backbone.
Premise 1: All right
Premise 1: Every
angles have a
triangle has three
measure of 90
sides.
degrees.
Premise 2: This
Premise 2: This angle
shape has three
measures 90
sides.
degrees.
Conclusion:
Conclusion:
Therefore, this angle Therefore, this
is a right angle. shape is a triangle.

Premise 1: Every
time you've gone to Premise: The
the park, you've
sun has risen
seen dogs playing.
Premise 2: You're every day in
going to the park recorded
today. history.
Conclusion: It's
likely that you'll see
Conclusion:
dogs playing at the The sun will rise
park today. tomorrow.
 Premise: Every Premise: Water
student in this boils at 100
class has passed degrees Celsius at
the previous sea level.
exams. Conclusion: Water
Conclusion: Every will boil at 100
student in this degrees Celsius at
class will pass the a high-altitude
final exam. location.

Premise: Every
Premise: All apple I've eaten
observed swans so from this tree has
far are white. been sweet.
Conclusion: All Conclusion: All
swans are white. apples from this
tree are sweet.
 Premise 1: Most
Premise 1: Every
of the students in
time I touch a this class are
flame, it burns my good at math.
skin. Premise 2: John
Premise 2: Fire is is a student in
a flame. this class.
Conclusion: If I Conclusion: John
touch fire, it will is likely to be
burn my skin. good at math.

Premise 1: The
Premise 1: Every sun has risen in
time I eat the east every
peanuts, I break day of my life.
out in hives. Premise 2:
Premise 2: I just Tomorrow will
ate peanuts. come.
Conclusion: I will Conclusion: The
break out in sun will rise in the
hives. east tomorrow.
 Premise 1: Every
time I visit the park
Premise 1: Every on a sunny day, I
swan I've seen so see people having
far is white. picnics.
Premise 2: I've Premise 2: Today
seen 100 swans. is a sunny day.
Conclusion: All Conclusion: There
are likely people
swans are white.
having picnics at
the park today.

Ampliative
Deductive
Argument
Argument
establishes a conclusions
conclusion to be contain information
true by stating two that is not present
or more true in their premises,
they go beyond the
premises that lead
information given in
to the conclusion
their premises.
being true.
Inductive
Argument
is a type of
logical
thought
pattern that
moves from
the specific
to the
general.