What method of proof is adopted on pages 34 and 35?
Granting that you cannot conceive “a good man and an unnatural father,” does that prove anything about the first sentence at the bottom of page 55?
Does the example of the prisoner on page 60 prove anything?
[149] BURKE’S SPEECH ON CONCILIATION WITH THE COLONIES.
(Riverside Literature Series, No. 100.)
What argument does Burke use to prove that hedging in the population is not practicable?
When he says that they will occupy territory because they have done so, is that an inductive or deductive argument, or is it an argument from sign?
If it is deductive, what is the suppressed premise?
Are the arguments from 48 to 64 more in the nature of direct or indirect proofs?
What value is there in an indirect argument?
“Americans speak the English language, therefore they are English.” Is the argument good? Where is the fault? Look for the suppressed premise.