It has never been proven that there’s life after death. That’s why I believe that when you’re dead you’re dead.

If p then qpTherefore q

If p then qpTherefore r

“I don’t see why I just can’t use a phony ID in order to get into the night club. Martin and Stan did it last week, and lots of other guys do it all the time.”

A ______is a deductive argument with two premises.

In the Simpson case, it would have been unreasonable for the Jury to have accepted either the cross-contamination hypothesis or the planting hypothesis. It would have been to commit the fallacy of

“It was my fault that my dad broke his hip. I knew the floor was wet and I didn’t even say anything. I deserve to rot in hell.”

A hypothesis worthy of acceptance will be one that

What is the last (seventh) step of the scientific method?

“What happened to me was my worst nightmare because not only did my wife cheat on me; she had to do it with my best friend!”