Below are some arguments in standard form. Some of them are thefallacies of Affirming the Consequent (AC), Denying the Antecedent(DN), or Undistributed Middle (UM). Identify each by writing theabbreviation in the blank. If an argument is none of those forms,write N. (2 points each, 10 total) _______If the weather turnscold, Orville will knit a hat. The weather turns cold. Orville willknit a hat. ______ If Hortense paid attention and studied well,then she got an A. She got an A. Therefore, she paid attention andstudied well. _______If Orville studied well, then he taughtAlgernon. Orville didn’t study well. Hence, he didn’t teachAlgernon. _______If Orville catches the flu, then Hortense willcatch the flu. If Orville catches the flu, then Algernon will catchthe flu. Therefore, if Hortense catches the flu, then so willAlgernon. _______If Hortense gets the job, then she will need a newcomputer. If she needs a new computer, then she will get one goodfor gaming. Thus, if Hortense gets the job, she will get a computergood for gaming.
