PHILOSOPHY QUESTIONS: For these two, tell if it is deductive, inductive, or fall
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PHILOSOPHY QUESTIONS:
For these two, tell if it is deductive, inductive, or fallacious:
The temperature in Buffalo has not exceeded 80 degrees anytime in the last 25 years. Thus, the temperature will not exceed 80 degrees next year, either.
In a recent 100-person double-blind study of a representative sample of people, all the subjects who were given pill YZ lost much more weight than the subjects who were given a placebo (= sugar pill). Thus, pill YZ causes people to lose weight.
For these two questions, tell if it an argument or not:
Some people are generous, and some are not. Pat is not.
Interestingly, paternalistic prescription drug systems historically developed just as medical professionals adopted anti-paternalistic principles -- namely, the 'Doctrine of Informed Consent.' Just as patients became empowered to refuse treatments, their access to treatment decreased.
Explanation / Answer
The following two is inductive.
The two are not arguments. The two given are mere statements.
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