A vague expression is one in which the term used allows multiple distinct interpretations.

The total evidence requirement in a logical argument entails that the arguer must provide all, complete, or total evidence for the conclusion; not a single evidence must be left out.

The following argument was taken from magazine and newspaper editorials and

letters to the editor. You might need to rephrase or state the conclusion that is only implied. 

Infectious disease is no longer the leading cause of death in this country,

thanks to antibiotics, but there are new strains of bacteria that are resistant

to—and others that grow only in the presence of—antibiotics. Yet Congress

wants to cut the National Institutes of Health budget. Further cuts would leave

us woefully unprepared to cope with the new microbes Mother Nature has

cooking in her kitchen.

In any inductive argument, an adequate logical inference entails all of the following except:

A/n ____ claim is a claim that something is good, bad, right, wrong, better, worse, more important, or less important than some other thing.

Which answer best represents the following statement?

A definition should not include any kind of word usage that plays on the emotions of the reader or listener which could influence the attitude.

The following can be seen as violating which of the rules for definitions:

A table is a piece of furniture consisting of a flat slab of wood fixed on legs.

In arguments that lack indicator words, the conclusion is always the

first statement.

_____ is an inductive argument that is logically proper but not all its premises are true.