For each enthymeme below, provide the missing, implied premise. QUESTION 1 He mu

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For each enthymeme below, provide the missing, implied premise.

QUESTION 1

He must be happy, he's smiling all the time

QUESTION 2

He would not take the crown. Therefore, 'tis certain he was not a

QUESTION 3

Since you didn't speak up in my defense at the meeting, you must be as much against me as the rest of them are.

QUESTION 4

No, the fuse isn't blown. It's the light bulb that is bad. When you flip the wall switch, all the other lights in the room go on, don't they?

QUESTION 5

Since the bullet obviously entered through his back, we have to rule out suicide; quite certainly he was murdered.

QUESTION 6

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for they shall see God.

QUESTION 7

The Civilization of the Dialogue is the only civilization worth having and the only civilization in which the whole world can unite. It is therefore, the only civilization we can hope for, because the world must unite or be blown to bits.

Robert Hutchins, "Morals, Religion, and Higher Education"

QUESTION 8

My girl doesn't love me anymore. The last three times I called her for a date, she said she had to stay in and catch up on her schoolwork.

QUESTION 9

She must have lost her car keys somewhere between the checkout counter and the parking lot, because she remembers taking the keys out of her purse when she was paying her bill and laying them on the counter

QUESTION 10

Since the cultivation of mind is surely worth seeking for its own sake, there is a knowledge which is desirable, though nothing come of it.

John Henry Newman, The Idea of the University

Explanation / Answer

1. He must be happy, he's smiling all the time
Here the conclusion is "He must be happy."
So the missing premise is "Those who smile all the time are happy."

2. He would not take the crown. Therefore, 'tis certain he was not a .
In this the conclusion is "Therefore tis certaind he was not a"
So the missing premise is "If one does not take the crown then he is not a"

3. Since you didn't speak up in my defense at the meeting, you must be as much against me as the rest of them are.
the conclusion is "you must be as much against me as the rest of them are."
So the missing premise is "People who have not spoken in the defense are against her."

4. No, the fuse isn't blown. It's the light bulb that is bad. When you flip the wall switch, all the other lights in the room go on, don't they?
The conclusion is "The fuse isnt blown. Its the light bulb that is bad".
The missing premise is "If the fuse is blown no light in the room will go on. "

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