For each of the following arguments, follow the three-step procedure to determine whether it is deductive or inductive, valid or invalid, strong or weak.
Indicate the results of applying each step.
Note: For these exercises we don’t care about soundness or cogency. Just valid/invalid; strong/weak.
Example 1:
Colonel Mustard did not commit the murder.
Someone who had committed the murder would have dirt on his shoes and blood on his hands.
Colonel Mustard has neither.
Step 1: Conclusion: Colonel Mustard did not commit the murder.
Premises: Someone who had committed the murder would have dirt on his shoes and blood on his hands. Colonel Mustard has neither.
Step 2: Deductively valid.
Step 3: Does not apply.
