- What is a premise objection?
- An objection with only one premise
- An objection which is a premise of another reason
- An objectionable premise
- An objection to a premise of a reason
- An objection to a premise of a reason or objection
- This argument map comes from the model answer to Exercise 4.5:
What types of objections do we have here?- 2 premise objections
- 1 ordinary objection, 1 premise objection
- 1 premise objection, 1 inference objection
- 2 inference objections
- 1 ordinary objection, one inference objection
- Consider this simple argument:
Which of the following claims would be an inference objection to this argument?- Iraq destroyed all its WMD after the 1991 war.
- The UN weapons inspectors have been unable to find WMD in Iraq.
- Thousands of people would be killed in a war against Iraq.
- Iraq has a right to possess WMD.
- What is the appropriate way to map an inference objection?
- Map it as one objection pointing to the inference between the first premise and the contention.
- Map it as an objection to the first premise.
- Map it as an objection to a co-premise which was previously unstated.
- Map it as an objection to an objection.
- What is the difference between a premise objection and an inference objection?
- One provides evidence that a stated premise is false whereas the other provides evidence that an unstated co-premise is false.
- One is a flaw in a premise while the other is a flaw in an inference.
- One is a false premise while the other is evidence that the conclusion is false.
- One is a special sort of premise while the other is a special sort of inference.
- What is wrong with this argument map?
- The rejoinder is an inference objection and should be diagrammed as an objection to a co-premise of the reason.
- The objection is a separate objection to the main contention, not a rejoinder.
- The reason is not really evidence for the main conclusion.
- The objection is not really evidence against the reason.
- What is the fundamental principle which underlies Tutorial 5?
- Every argument, no matter how complex, is made by joining together simple arguments; thus every reason or objection must be joined to a specific claim.
- Every objection to an inference should be diagrammed as an objection to a co-premise.
- Objections come in two kinds: premise objections and inference objections.
- Inference objections come in two kinds: inference rejoinders and inference rebuttals.
- Which of these is TRUE?
- In everyday reasoning, inference objections are more common than premise objections.
- People are generally pretty clear about the structure of their arguments, even without argument mapping.
- Some arguments are too complex to be reduced to sets of simple arguments joined together.
- Inference objections exist because there is a missing layer between the primary reason (or objection) and the contention.
- This argument map
shows:- an ordinary objection (i.e., an objection which is neither a premise objection nor an inference objection).
- a poor objection
- a premise objection
- an inference objection
- This argument map
is an example of:- an inference rebuttal
- a premise rebuttal
- an inference rejoinder
- a counter-argument