Example Of 'Inductive Argument If I Were Socrates'

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An inductive argument is made that it is unlikely that the female witness was wearing her glasses when she awoke; because, people do not usually go to sleep with their glasses on. Therefore, the juror concludes that the witness was probably unable to clearly see the murder. I do not feel that this is a strong argument because of the counter-example that sometimes people fall asleep with their glasses on. Another counter-example is that it is possible that her glasses may have been off, but she may have put them on very quickly upon waking. If I were Socrates then I would have escaped. My first reason for this decision is that, as the text points out, the State would not have been destroyed if he had decided to live. Second, our relationship

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