Logic Exam 1
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- What is modal logic?
- A kind of logic, pioneered by Aristotle, that involves such concepts as possibility, necessity, belief, and doubt.
- What conditions are necessary for a group of statements to be an argument?
- 1. At least one of the statements must claim to present evidence or reasons. 2. There must be a claim that the alleged evidence implies the conclusion.
- What is a disjunctive syllogism?
- A syllogism having a disjunctive statement. ie: an "either... or..." statement.
- What is syllogistic logic?
- A kind of logic, Pioneered by Aristotle, in which the fundamental elements are terms, and arguments are evaluated as good or bad depending on how the terms are arranged in an argument.
- What is a catagorical syllogism?
- A syllogism in which each statement begins with "All", "No", or "Some".
- What is a hypothetical syllogism?
- A syllogism having a conditional statement for one or both of its premises.
- What is a deductive argument?
- An argument in which the arguer claims that it is IMPOSSIBLE for the conclusion to be false given that the premises are true.
- What is an inductive argument?
- An argument in which the arguer claims it is IMPROBABLE that the conclusion is false given that the premises are true.
- Is an argument based on mathematics inductive or deductive?
- Deductive.
- Is a disjunctive syllogism inductive or deductive?
- Deductive.
- Is a hypothetical syllogism inductive or deductive?
- Deductive.
- Is a catagorical syllogism inductive or deductive?
- Deductive.
- Is an argument from definition inductive or deductive?
- Deductive.
- What are conclusions?
- Statements that the evidence/premises are claimed to support or imply.
- What are premises?
- Statements that set forth reasons or evidence to support a conclusion.
- What is a statement?
- A sentence that is either true or false. (has a truth value)
- What is an argument?
- A group of statements, one or more of which (premises) are claimed to provide support for, or reasons to, believe one of the others (conclusion).
- What is an "inference"?
- The reasoning process expressed by an argument.
- What is a "proposition"?
- The meaning or information content of a statement.