UM 330 Week 2 Assignment Worksheet Complete the following tables to assist you in learning the concepts presented in week 1 and week 2.

HTable 1: Spot the Premise Conclusion Premise or “Hidden Premise” 1. Everyone I know likes Chick-a-Cola. It must be really good! Hidden premise, everyone you know likes it then it must be good however you do not know everyone so there maybe some that don’t like it. 2. I can't believe the McDonald's VP is voting to cut employee benefits. He must be in the president's pocket. Hidden premise: because he must be in the president’s pocket, he is voting to cut benefits 3. If a restaurant is crowded, then people love the menu. The restaurant is crowded. People must love the new menu. Premise: the restaurant is crowded so people love the new menu. Hidden premise: that people love the menu if its crowded 4. Industrialized cattle farms are immoral because they murder animals. Premise: they are immoral because they murder animals 5. The fast food industry is in turmoil. The poor economy has brought down consumer spending, so the fast food industry is going to collapse. Premise: the reason the food industry is in turmoil is due to consumer spending less and this will cause the food industry to collapse. Table 2: Defending the Premises Question Conclusion 1 Conclusion 2 Conclusion 3 Conclusion 4 Conclusion 5 Does the assumption support the conclusion? (yes/no) yes no yes yes yes Write notes explaining why the assumption supports the conclusion or why it does not. Must be good because everyone they know likes it They assume that is the only reason he is voting this way Assume if the menu is good, it will be crowded. It is crowded so they like the menu. Animals are murdered so it is immoral The poor economy has brought down consumer spending leading to the collapse Deductive or Inductive Reasoning? inductive inductive deductive deductive inductive This study source was downloaded by 100000898018064 from CourseHero.com on 04-14-2025 23:56:20 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/93603261/HUM330-Week-2-Assignment-Worksheetdocx/ Table 3: Logical reasoning Question Notes for answer What characteristics define deduction? Use basic rules of logic and the truth What defines induction? Use observation of past occurrences How can assumptions inform the premise of an argument? Assumption can be thought of as something that, if not true, invalidates the argument or if true helps prove the conclusion Contrast the principal differences between explicitly expressed and tacitly implied premises. Every premise in an argument is an explicit, expressed premise. That is, the premise is stated and is an overt part of the argument. our background assumptions are tacit premises. That is, they are unstated or implicit. Tacit, or implicit is implies, premises are more difficult to analyze because they must be searched for and made explicit. Which of the conclusions have explicitly expressed or tacitly implied premises? 4 & 5 are explicit premises and 1,2,3 are tacitly premises Explain the effect explicit and implicit assumptions have on the final conclusion. Explicit can state weather the conclusion is facts and the implicit states weather it is implied no evidence. References Oldham’, D. (2021). Reasoning and Assumptions. shoreline. https://app.shoreline.edu/doldham/Assump