Question

Write your own enumerative inductions: one with a strong argument and another with a weak argument and identify the target group, sample, and relevant property. Demonstrate and discuss what makes an argument strong or weak.

Answer 1

Answer:

Target group: The class of individuals about which an inductive generalization is made.

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Sample: The observed members of a target group.

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Relevant property: The property under study in a target group

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Step-by-step explanation

Recently there was a racially motivated murder in Texas. Two white men killed a black man. Then another murder of a black man by some racist whites occurred in Louisiana. And in Mississippi an admitted racist finally was convicted of the murder of a black man that occurred years ago. The South has more racist killers than any other part of the country.

Weak.

Small sample;

not representative.

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"As for one who is choosy about what he learns . . . we shall not call him a lover of learning or a philosopher, just as we shall not say that a man who is difficult about his food is hungry or has an appetite for food. We shall not call him a lover of food but a poor eater. . . . But we shall call a philosopher the man who is easily willing to learn every kind of knowledge, gladly turns to learning things, and is insatiable in this respect." [Socrates]

Two things compared: philosopher and eater; conclusion: that a philosopher is someone easily willing to

learn every kind of knowledge; strong.