Formal and Informal_2

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Which of the following is true of uncogent arguments? O Al uncogent arguments commit an informal fallacy. O Al uncogent arguments commit a fallacy. X @ some uncogent arguments commit a formal fallacy. O 1f an inductive argument commits a fallacy, then it is uncogent. Points: 071 Explanation: Close Explanation »~ If a deductive argument commits a fallacy, it is unsound. If an inductive argument commits a fallacy, it is uncogent. Conversely, if an argument is either unsound or uncogent, then it either has false premises, or it commits a fallacy, or both. Because formal fallacies only occur when a standard deductive argument form employs an invalid arrangement of terms or statements, formal fallacies only occur in deductive arguments. In other words, all formal fallacies imply an unsound argument (though not all unsound arguments entail a formal fallacy).
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