Consider the following passage:“Don’t professors at Harvard…

Consider the following passage:“Don’t professors at Harvard publish more than professors at other colleges and universities? And doesn’t this mean that they’re better professors? This goes go to show that a Harvard education is better than an education at your local public university.” What should we do with the following sentence?“Don’t professors at Harvard publish more than professors at other colleges and universities?”

Does the passage below contain an argument?“I’m sure you’re…

Does the passage below contain an argument?“I’m sure you’re as tired as I am of Linda’s incessant talk about her plans to attend Harvard. She wants to go to Harvard because she believes that an Ivy League education will help her to hob-nob with the cultural elite.”

Does the passage below contain an argument?“I’m sure you’re…

Does the passage below contain an argument?“I’m sure you’re as tired as I am of Linda’s incessant talk about her plans to attend Harvard. She wants to go to Harvard because she believes that an Ivy League education will help her to hob-nob with the cultural elite.”

Consider the following passage:“You may have been convinced…

Consider the following passage:“You may have been convinced by the preceding argument. It’s easy to think that a Harvard education is better than the education you’d receive elsewhere. In fact, however, students might end up learning less at Harvard than they would at their local public college because professors at Harvard need to publish a lot to keep their jobs, from which it follows that they don’t have much time or energy to devote to teaching.”What should we do with the following sentence?“You may have been convinced by the preceding argument.”