Consider the following argument:
Major premise: If Islam is incompatible with democracy, then Islamic countries are more likely to be dictatorships than democracies.
Minor premise: Islamic countries today are more likely to be dictatorships than democracies.
Conclusion: Therefore, Islam is incompatible with democracy.
-What form does this argument take?
A) affirming the antecedent
B) denying the antecedent
C) affirming the consequent
D) denying the consequent

Question

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The argument takes the form of affirming the consequent. The major premise establishes a conditional relationship between Islam and democracy, stating that if Islam is incompatible with democracy, then Islamic countries are more likely to be dictatorships than democracies. The minor premise presents evidence that Islamic countries today are more likely to be dictatorships than democracies. However, the conclusion asserts that It is simply the Affirming of the Consequent, as it goes from the consequent in the major premise ("Islamic countries are more likely to be dictatorships than democracies") to the assertion that Islam is incompatible with democracy. This is not a logically valid argument form.

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