Thread: Logic argument?

I am not sure if this is a math question because It is from my philosophy class textbook but it is related to logic and I am kind of confused.

S1: How dare you forget my birthday!
S2: Don't you remember that wonderful present I got for you last year!
S3: You'd better hope I don't tell your mother that you forgot my birthday?

Would this be an argument?

I would say no because the sentences are not in declarative form.

S1: A university education is not as needed as it used to be.
S2: More and more jobs require specific trade skills that cannot be learned at a university.
S3: In addition, an increasing amount of work requiring higher education is being outsourced to countries where labor is cheaper.

Would this be an argument?

To me it seems like a set of assertions. Or facts but no links between them/

Originally Posted by homeylova223

I am not sure if this is a math question because It is from my philosophy class textbook but it is related to logic and I am kind of confused.

S1: How dare you forget my birthday!
S2: Don't you remember that wonderful present I got for you last year!
S3: You'd better hope I don't tell your mother that you forgot my birthday?

Would this be an argument?

I would say no because the sentences are not in declarative form.

Agree.

S1: A university education is not as needed as it used to be.
S2: More and more jobs require specific trade skills that cannot be learned at a university.
S3: In addition, an increasing amount of work requiring higher education is being outsourced to countries where labor is cheaper.

Would this be an argument?

To me it seems like a set of assertions. Or facts but no links between them/

I would see S2 and S3 as supporting evidence for S1, and hence an argument.