Instructions.""provide"a"complete"b asic)critical)analysis)and)evaluati on"for"each"argument.""start"by" identifying"the"argument"in"each"pa ssage"and"carefully"rewriting"it"in "standard)form.""don’t"forget"to" reformulate"as"needed"and"add"any"l ogically"necessary"statements"that" are"aren’t"already"stated"to"your" analysis.""is"the"argument"sound? ""is"the"argument"at"least"reasonab le? ""are"there"any"fallacies? ""in" any"case,"be"sure"to"defend"all"you r"evaluative"conclusions.""
1. schnucker's#peanut#butter#is#all#na tural.##so#schnucker's#peanut#butte r#must#be#good#
for#you.##
2. the#second#largest#u. s.#state#(by#area)#is#larger#than#m ontana.##if#california#is#larger# than#montana,#then#california#is#th e#second#largest#state.##but#califo rnia#is#not#larger#
than#montana.##so,#california#is#no t#the#second#largest#state.
3. either#dr.#martin#luther#king#jr.#o r#president#kennedy#was#assasinated #in#1963.##it#
was# kennedy# who# was# assassinated# in# 1963.# # so# king# could# not# have# been#
assassinated#in#1963.##
4. there# are# no# such# things# as# ghosts.# # people# obviously# believe# they# have# seen#
something,# and# perhaps# they# did# see# something.# # but# it# wasn’t# a# ghost,# that’s# for#
sure.# # in# spite# of# what# people# often# claim# to# have# seen,# there# is# simply# no# hard#
empirical#or#scientific#evidence#fo r#the#existence#of#disembodied#spir its#haunting#the#
halls#and#attics#of#old#homes#and#h otels.