An inductive argument cannot guarantee that the conclusion is true even if the premises are present. It can only offer probability that the conclusion could be true. The premises have a stronger point to prove the conclusion could be true if it was proven valid.
A strong inductive argument will have a strong evidence to prove that the conclusion could be true. This type of argument will be convincing, and provide substantial evidence that the reasons are relevant. A weak inductive argument will not have valid facts or information to back up the end conclusion.
A strong argument that has true premises are referred to as valid. This means that the argument has proven facts and the conclusion are true and accurate.
A valid argument that has false premises and false conclusion cannot be true. The argument is not valid if it has false premises and false conclusions. If there are false premises and a true conclusion the argument would not necessarily be valid because the premises would not be sound or relevant.
An argument can have a false conclusion and still be considered valid as long as one of the premises are false. Logically, this can occur in regards to truth and validity.
Deductive argument conclusions are absolute when the premises are logically valid. If the information is 100% valid then it is accurate.
A deductive argument is different than an inductive argument. Deductive arguments are concluded to be valid by the person who is discussing the argument. A person who is displaying a deductive argument will have evidence and facts to make it valid and logical. In order for this to occur the conclusion and premises of the argument would be completely accurate to make it a valid argument.
An inductive argument would have strong theories to convince that the conclusion could be true and valid. It is not considered logically valid because there has not been a guaranteed of truth to the premises and the conclusion. This type of argument would be strong enough to convince someone that it could be possible or proven true.
A weak argument is one that does not have evidence that would prove it to be true or have the power to convince someone that it could possibly be accurate. If the argument does not have information that would prove the conclusion to be possibly true; then it is considered a weak argument. A strong argument is one that has accurate premises and a guarantee that would be logical. If the premises are mostly true and the conclusion is presumed to be true, then it would be considered a strong argument. If the probability of the argument is lower than 50%, then it would determine to be weak.
A valid deductive argument would need to have all the premises true and the conclusion true in order for it to be sound. If a valid deductive argument had one premise, which was known to be false would not be sound. An invalid deductive argument can occur if the true premises is not related to the conclusion. “A conclusion can still be considered false, even if every premise is found to be true” . This can happen when the true premises have nothing to do in regards to proving the conclusion true. In order to prove a valid or invalid argument, the premises and conclusion should be reviewed and determined.
Work Cited
Hurley, Patrick J. A Concise Introduction to Logic, 10th Ed. Tucson, AZ: Cengage Learning, 2007. Web.
