2. Get ready Read the following arguments. Only one of the following arguments i

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2. Get ready Read the following arguments. Only one of the following arguments is a sound argument. 1. All famous Italian painters were born in 1994. Michelangelo is a famous Italian painter. That means Michelangelo was born in 1994. 2. Italian islands are named after American baseball players. Sicily is an island. Therefore, Sicily is the name of an American baseball player. 3. Venice is in Europe. Italy is in Europe. Therefore, Venice is in Italy. 4. At the beginning of any Quest tour in Italy, you fly to Rome. Trekking in Tuscany is a Quest tour in Italy. That means to start the Trekking in Tuscany tour, you fly to Rome. 3. Now you try it In the following space, copy and paste the sound argument. Explain why the argument you selected is sound.

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An argument is called as a sound argument if an only if the premises are all true, which will lead us to a true conclusion.

An argument is valid if and only if its argument form is valid.

For an argument to be a sound argument, the argument must be valid such that all its premises are true.

In the given example, Option 4 is a sound argument since it explains the premises clearly.

At the beginning of any Quest tour in Italy, you fly to Rome. Trekking in Tuscany is a Quest tour in Italy. That means to start the Trekking in Tuscany tour, you fly to Rome.

The option explains that at the beginning of the Quest tour in Italy, the travellers will be made to fly to Rome. Trekking is one of the tour itenary and in order to start Trekking, the traveller will have to fly to Rome. All the arguments are validated and hence this is a sound argument.

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