Part A:
1)
American Heart Association guidelines recommend that middle-aged
adults engage in at least 2 hours and 30 minutes per week of exercise to
avoid risk of heart disease and failure.
2)
Major:
Engage in 2 hours and 30 minutes per week of exercise
Minor: Exercise reduces chances of heart disease and failure
Conclusion: Engaging 2 hours and 30 minutes of exercise per week reduces
chances of heart disease and failure
3)
Valid, both p and q are true
4)
a.
Valid and true (sound), conclusion follows the
premises
5)
If you exercise 2 hours and 30 minutes a week
then you will avoid risk of heart disease and failure.
6)
PQ (P->Q)
(Q->P) (P->Q) V (Q->P)
Yes it is a tautology
TT T T T
FT F F T
TF T T T
FF T T T
a.
Yes, exercise has been proven to reduce risk of
heart disease and failure.
b.
The statement is a tautology and makes sense in
real life
c.
Truth tables can help determine the tautology
(or lack there of) in an argument
7)
a.
Consider source: Its reliable, comes from the
American Heart Association
b.
Check the date: This was updates February of
this year
c.
Validate accuracy: The premises and conclusion
are both true in real life and were concluded after research
d.
Watch for hidden agendas: Not sure what they
would gain from this information, I don’t see a hidden agenda
e.
Don’t miss the big picture: I mostly trust the information,
however I haven’t seen the research myself
8)
No
9)
It has made me think more about what research is
conducted to come to these conclusions.
I liked how you evaluated the validity of the argument and then went on to make a truth table that was a tautology. It was interesting to see all of your work and how you arrived at your conclusion
ReplyDeleteFirst blog I've read where the argument was sound and a tautology. Your explanations are clear and the article is a trusting site.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was interesting how this argument turned out to be a tautology. My argument as well as the others that I have seen have turned out to not be a tautology.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was interesting how this argument turned out to be a tautology. My argument as well as the others that I have seen have turned out to not be a tautology.
ReplyDeleteNice work- its clear that the argument you make is a tautology from your descriptive process. My argument wasnt a tautology but I thought it was so its nice to see a clear example
ReplyDeletejustin,
ReplyDeletegenerally a really good post and organized well. also, you chose a good piece of media content. i didn't see your venn diagram and was a tad confused as to how you set up your major, minor, and conclusion portions. i believe that since you have three conditional statements, that you actually should have had 8 rows in your truth table. but the idea comes across ok.
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