A. If Jorge farts in class then butterflies appear. Jorge does fart in class Therefore butterflies appear 1. Find the conclusion under line twice, find the premise(s) and under line once. If there are numerous premises, number them at the beginning of the sentence in order to distinguish them. 2. Find any indicator words and label them either premise or conclusion 3. What do we call a premise with an If,then statement? 4. What do we call this kind of argument. 5. How many premises must this kind of argument have? 6. What does the 1st premise do in this kind of argument (what is the specific job of this premise) 7. What does the 2nd premise do in this kind of argument (what is the specific job of this premise) 8. Is this a valid argument why or why not?
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