What is the conclusion of the following argument? Several critics have claimed that any contemporary poet who writes formal poetry—poetry that is rhymed and metered—is performing a politically conservative act. This is plainly false. Consider Molly Peacock and Marilyn Hacker, two contemporary poets whose poetry is almost exclusively formal and yet who are themselves politically progressive feminists.

What should be our attitude toward a claim that experts disagree about?

What is the name for the logical form or pattern found in  the following argument:(1) Either Prof. Brost roots for the Packers or Prof. Brost roots for the Chiefs. (2) Prof. Brost does not root for the Packers.(3) Prof. Brost roots for the Chiefs.  

What is the logical form or pattern of the following argument? Brost doesn’t live in Kansas and he either lives in Kansas or Missouri, so he must live in Missouri.  

The following passage can be accurately represented employing one of the logical forms listed below.  What logical form best captures the wording being used in this deductive argument?If ethical statements were simply statements about a the speaker’s feelings, it would be impossible to argue about questions of value.  To take a typical example: if a man said that thrift was a virtue, an another replied that it was a vice, they would not, on this theory, be disputing with one another.  One would be saying that he approved of thrift, and the other that he didn’t.  There is no reason they both couldn’t be right since they are only talking about their own feelings.  However it is obvious that we do dispute about questions of value, and accordingly we can conclude that this form of subjectivism–that ethical statements are merely statements about a speaker’s feelings–is false.  

Identify the fallacy or rhetorical device that best applies to the following passage: The Apple iPhone is the best smartphone on the planet because no one makes a better smartphone than Apple does.

What is the logical form of the following argument? (Hint: put the argument in standard form first, making sure the conditionals are in “if P, then Q format.] If there is gas in the tank, then we are ready to go, and we are ready to go only if Stu is here.  Thus, if there is gas in the tank, then Stu is here. 

Research suggests that our perception and memory are constructive, which means that…

What attitude should we adopt toward the following claim? “Most people are not aware that the cartoonish ‘Bigfoot’ figure is a distorted product of ancient and modern stories describing a real but unacknowledged species that is still occasionally observed today in North American forests.”

What is the proper evaluation of  the following argument: (1) If Prof. Brost is human, then Prof. Brost is a mammal.   (2) Prof. Brost is a mammal. (3) Prof. Brost is a human.