1. On his way home from work, Ivan Potter’s car crashed through a freeway guradrill and rolled down and embankment into a shallow stream. Examination of his corpse at the crash site by a qualified physician revealed no broken bones or external injuries. So it is reasonable to think that Ivan’s death caused the accident rather than the other way around.
a) Schematize the reasoning in this passage.
b) What rival conclusion is being explicitly rejected in the passage?
c) The natural IQ is “How did Ivan die?” but the conclusion and its rival do not provide very detailed answers to this question. THey simply divide the possibilities balloon into three large surperwedges. Describe the wedges and give more specific rivals in each of the two mentioned wedges.
d) Think up some new support that might turn up in the investigation and explain its relevance.
