Question

Two premises are linked if _____. the argument would not be deductively valid if one of the premises were omitted the omission of one of the premises would weaken or cancel the amount of support provided by the other All of the answers are correct the premises would not provide good reason to accept the conclusion if one of the premises were omitted

Answer 1

Two premises are linked if removing one would invalidate the argument, weaken the other's support, and fail to provide a good reason for the conclusion. Deductive validity is at the core of this linkage because it guarantees the conclusion's truth given true premises.

Step-by-step explanation:

Two premises are linked if the argument would not be deductively valid if one of the premises were omitted, the omission of one of the premises would weaken or cancel the amount of support provided by the other, and if the premises would not provide good reason to accept the conclusion if one of the premises were omitted. All of these conditions are necessary for premises to be considered linked in an argument. Deductive validity is crucial because it ensures that, should the premises be true, the conclusion must also be true. However, even with deductive validity, premises still need to be relevant and adequate to support the conclusion without containing circular reasoning or being outcompeted by alternative arguments with equal or greater support.

Answer 2

''...if they are VALID/TRUE...'

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a critical thinking question, critically,

The premise of a good inductive argument doesn't demonstrate it's conclusion, it only supports it.

Premise provide reason(s) for accepting an argument/ conclusion.

"Two premises are linked if TRUE OR VALID. the argument would not be deductively valid if one of the premises were omitted the omission of one of the premises would weaken or cancel the amount of support provided by the other All of the answers are correct the premises would not provide good reason to accept the conclusion if one of the premises were omitted.''