1: Detecting Arguments This assignment is due on Saturday, August 12, 2017. Post your responses to the Discussion Area. Your readings for this module covered argument structures, nonstatements, premises, and conclusions. For each of the sentences below, determine if it is an argument. For those that are arguments, identify the premises and the conclusion. With regard to argumentation, define what a premise and conclusion are. 1. She is from Minnesota, so we know that she is nice. 2. How can the paper be due today? Today is Tuesday! 3. I won't eat broccoli. Broccoli is yucky. 4. The park was beautiful, with trees, flowers, and buzzing bees. The bright flashes of the wings of dragonflies were everywhere. 5. Get your work done now! 6. We studied hard, did all the exercises, and practiced all the proficiencies. Thus, there is no way that we will fail this course. 7. She was laughing and thus having fun. 8. Why are we looking for premises and conclusions? 9. Many teachers do not know whether students have too much homework, too little, or just enough. Through Wednesday, August 16, 2017, participate in the discussion and comment substantively on at least two responses of your classmates, applying at least four concepts and providing two sets of reasoning. Sort byResponse Sort byAuthor Sort byDate/Time* (an instructor response) Disecting Arguments Faculty Allison 7/24/2017 3:48:31 PM Dear Class, It can be helpful to break complex problems into smaller parts in order to see what is actually causing the problem. T approach can be quite helpful with understanding arguments, both good and bad. This week we will assess the prem conclusions of arguments. The premise is essentially the claim on which a conclusion is made from. When we look a arguments we should get in the habit of breaking them apart and seeing what the parts look like. If we find a particula argument to be unsatisfying, there is a reason why. Let's examine the premises and conclusions to find out why. I'm to tackle this discussion with you this week! Best, Geth Allison Respond M3_A1 Discussion Paula Scotten 8/10/2017 2:23:49 PM 1. She is from Minnesota, so we know that she is nice. This is an argument. The premise is \"She is from Minnesota,\" and the conclusion is \"so we know that she is nice.\" 2. How can the paper be due today? Today is Tuesday! This is technically not an argument. The first sentence is rhetorical. However, it can be rewritten to be an argument follows: \"It is Tuesday so the paper cannot be due today.\" In this case, the first part stating that it is Tuesday is the p and the second part is the conclusion. 3. I won't eat broccoli. Broccoli is yucky. This could be an argument as written, with the first sentence being the premise and the second being the conclusion could also be written in the reverse where \"Broccoli is yucky\" is the premise and \"I won't eat broccoli\" would be the conclusion. It could also be rewritten to be one sentence: \"Broccoli is yucky so I won't eat it\" and in this case premis \"Broccoli is yucky\" and the conclusion is \"so I won't eat it.\" 4. The park was beautiful, with trees, flowers, and buzzing bees. The bright flashes of the wings of dragonflie everywhere. This is not an argument. It is two statements with no intent of drawing a conclusion. 5. Get your work done now! This sentence is not an argument. It is just a command. 6. We studied hard, did all the exercises, and practiced all the proficiencies. Thus, there is no way that we wi this course. This is an argument. The first sentence contains three premises and the second sentence is the conclusion. 7. She was laughing and thus having fun. This sentence is an argument. The premise is that \"She was laughing\" and the conclusion is that therefore she was fun. 8. Why are we looking for premises and conclusions? This sentence is not an argument because it is just a question. 9. Many teachers do not know whether students have too much homework, too little, or just enough. This sentence is not an argument. It is a statement. References: Nolt, J., Rohatyn, D., Varzi, A. (07/1998). Schaum's Outline of Logic, 2nd Edition. [Argosy University]. Retrieved from https://digitalbookshelf.argosy.edu/#/books/069-7786412/ Respond M3A1 Discussion Jennifer King 8/11/2017 9:08:32 PM Hi Class, An argument is a sequence of statements that include premises and a conclusion. The conclusion statement is mean conclude all other statements in the argument. The premises are the statements that prove or provide evidence for th conclusion. (Nolt, 1998) Argument. 'She is from Minnesota' (premises). 'so we know that she is nice' (conclusion). Not an argument. Not an argument. Argument. 'with trees, flowers, and buzzing bees. The bright flashes of the wings of dragonflies were everywhere (p 'The park was beautiful,' (conclusion). Not an argument. Argument. 'We studied hard, did all the exercises, practiced all the proficiencies' (premises). 'there is no way that we this course' (conclusion). Argument. 'She was laughing' (premises). 'and thus was having fun' (conclusion). Not an argument. Not an argument. Resources Nolt, J. (1998). Schaum's Outline of Logic. McGraw-Hill, USA. Respond M3_A1_ Sharqueta Spencer 8/12/2017 12:19:38 AM This was a very challenging assignment that requires thinking and giving your opinion. I will ad will definitely overthink the questions or statements. I answer each one to the best of my understanding, and my opinion of whether it's an argument or a premise and the conclusion. She is from Minnesota, so we know that she is nice. This is an argument; the premise states that she is from Minnesota, which can be prove conclusion is she is nice, but this is argument because in somewhat of a sense she is stereotyp just because she's from Minnesota does not means she's actually nice and this an opinion that i by someone and can be easily argued by someone else that she's not nice. 1. 2. How can the paper be due today? Today is Tuesday. This is a premise; it asks one question and then gives one statement, the premise is \"How paper be due today?\" and the conclusion of the statement is that today is Tuesday let's us know Tuesday that day and the paper is due which is a repetition of the person stating the same thing t 3. I won't eat broccoli. Broccoli is yucky. This could be an argument and a premise; this is two sentences that can be combined to ma sentence and also written backwards as two sentences and still mean the samething. The prem the conclusion could be either or statement. It could be an argument because it's someone's opi how they feel about eating broccoli and it's not fact because everyone does not feel the same wa broccoli being yucky. 4. The park was beautiful,with trees, flowers, and buzzing bees. The bright flashes of w dragonflies were everywhere. I consider this to be an argument; The conclusion is the ,\"The park is beautiful\