Critical Reasoning: Argument Structure - Tricky Arguments: When You Can’t Identify Premises & Conclusions Easily
{color:red}**(1)** In numerous factories, automated equipment is replacing employees in order to save money.{/color} {color:dark-blue}**(2)** These employees will need government assistance to survive,{/color} {color:purple}**(3)** and the same factories that fire employees will eventually pay for that assistance through a heavier tax burden and unemployment insurance fees.{/color}
The argument's conclusion is in which sentence?
That's right.
Sentence 3 is a {color:light-blue}**conclusion**{/color}. It explains the author's argument.
Sorry, this isn't it.
Sentence 1 is a {color:light-green}**premise**{/color}. It presents a reality or fact.
Correct.
Sentence 2 is a {color:light-blue}**conclusion**{/color} based on facts presented in the argument, or {color:light-green}**premises**{/color}.
That's not right.
While there are arguments that consist of {color:light-green}**premises**{/color} only, without a {color:light-blue}**conclusion**{/color}, this argument is not one of them. At least one of the sentences includes the argument's {color:light-blue}**conclusion**{/color}.
Sentence 1
Sentence 2
Sentence 3
None; this argument consists of premises only.
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