Practicing Success
Statement: If men are intelligent they should be creative. Assumptions: (I) Creativity and intelligence are related. (II) Creative people are intelligent. |
If only I is implicit If only II is implicit If either I or II is implicit If both I and II are implicit |
If only I is implicit |
(I) Creativity and intelligence are related. (II) Creative people are intelligent. Thus, only assumption (I) is valid. It is clear that creativity and intelligence are related. Assumption (II) is not an assumption at all. It is only a restatement of the given statement. |