HOMEWORK

In the following passages, bracket and number the logically relevant parts and then, using the numbers, illustrate its structure with a diagram (use the box provided or use another piece of paper).
1. It was Brenden Minogue who robbed the Mahoning National Bank last week. It must have been Brenden: obviously the bank robber was Irish, because he was singing “Danny Boy” when he walked into the bank; and we know the robber was a philosopher, because he was carrying Aristotle’s Metaphysics to a bank robbery; and Brenden is the only Irish philosopher in the area.

2. We should stop giving faculty special parking spaces closest to the classroom buildings and instead give those spaces to students. After all, students deserve the best parking spaces, because they pay tuition. Also, faculty needs the extra exercise they would get from walking further to class. And furthermore, students usually have to carry heavier book bags than faculty carry.

II. Identify a relevant unstated assumption in the following

No true American believes in unilateral disarmament, and therefor Joe is no true American.
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III. Identify who bears the burden of proof, stating your reasons

Closing argument to the jury by the District Attorney in a murder trial: “Counsel for the defense has entertained us with the ever-popular defense that lawyers call SODDI: Some Other Dude Did It. But, as you consider your verdict, keep this in mind: the defense lawyer never told you who that other dude is, and never gave you any evidence that he—whoever that dude is–is the murderer.”
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IV. Do any of the following commit the appeal to ignorance? Yes or no.

1. The fact that no air samples were gathered at the worksite and no blood and urine measures were obtained at the time of exposure leads us to conclude that there is compelling evidence that this patient’s workplace exposure eventuated in cerebral damage. – “Lead poisoning in an oil-pipeline maintenance worker” Arc. Envr. Hlth, 1995 _______

2. Some people are skeptical of astrology and astrological predictions, but obviously there is at least some truth to astrology, since none of the skeptics has been able to conclusively prove that all forms of astrology are completely wrong. _______

3. Science studies the natural. That is all we ask of it. If there is any fact or truth beyond nature, science knows nothing about it and has nothing to say on the subject. –Richard Metz, “Don’t Throw Crack-pottery at Haunted Houses, “New York Times, 1996. _______

V. Say whether the following commit the fallacy of ambiguity/equivocation or the fallacy of amphiboly (10 points).

1. Clearly, the governor has no respect for the negative environmental impact caused by wasting paper; in his recent podcast, he urged people to conserve water and waste paper.
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2. Opponents of capital punishment say that there is danger of executing innocent people. But that’s nonsense, since no one is really innocent, right? As it says somewhere, “Let he who is innocent cast the first rock”. __________________________________________

VI. Give me two examples of euphemism.

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