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Argumentation And Critical Thinking
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Subject
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 23 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A can stand on its own as a sentence apart from B
premise
satisfiable sentence
component sentence
implication
2. If P then Q - not-Q therefore not-P - Note: beware of Q being a negative (e.g. - can't)
logical operators
satisfiable sentence
logically true sentence
Modus tollens
3. Statement(s) given as evidence
sound argument
component sentence
syllogism
premise
4. Sentence that is possibly true or false
satisfiable sentence
logically true sentence
contingent sentence
Modus tollens
5. Sentence A implies sentence B A's truth guarantees B's truth
component sentence
compound sentence
invalid argument
implication
6. If P then Q - P therefore Q
equivalent argument
Modus ponens
argument
compound sentence
7. Argument in which if the premises are all true - then the conclusion must be true
Modus ponens
valid argument
disjuctive syllogism
contingent sentence
8. A deductive type of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion. A=B - B=C - so A=C. 'All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore - Socrates is mortal.' Ex: Major premise: All M are P. Minor premise: All S
Modus tollens
premise
logically true sentence
syllogism
9. Either A or B. Not A. So - B. p v q - ~p - .'. q - 'We must go right or left. We can't go right - therefore we must go left.
equivalent argument
disjuctive syllogism
invalid argument
satisfiable sentence
10. Invalid argument in which if the premises are all true - they provide good reason to think the conclusion will also be true
conclusion
strong inductive argument
valid argument
argument
11. Isn't possibly true
contingent sentence
argument
contradictory statement
disjuctive syllogism
12. Any sentence that isn't contradictory
argument
compound sentence
satisfiable sentence
premise
13. Argument in which the truth of all of the premises doesn't guarantee the truths of the conclusion
invalid argument
weak inductive argument
contingent sentence
strong inductive argument
14. If - then - and - or - not - if and only if - all - is. Watch for freestanding assertions vs. arguments.
valid argument
strong inductive argument
equivalent argument
logical operators
15. Premises don't support truth of conclusions
weak inductive argument
satisfiable sentence
premise
logically true sentence
16. B has at least one component
compound sentence
implication
invalid argument
equivalent argument
17. An argument incorporating the claim that it is impossible for the conclusion to be false given that the premises are true.
equivalent argument
implication
deductive argument
conclusion
18. Sentences where one or more are given as evidence or support for another
inductive argument
conclusion
argument
compound sentence
19. Statement premise supports
Modus ponens
component sentence
conclusion
contingent sentence
20. If A and B are equivalent - then A implies B and B implies A (mutual implication)
conclusion
equivalent argument
inductive argument
sound argument
21. Valid argument with all true premises
premise
contingent sentence
sound argument
strong inductive argument
22. An argument such that the truth of its premises makes the conclusion more or less 'probable' (but not certain).
logically true sentence
inductive argument
component sentence
syllogism
23. Isn't possibly false
logically true sentence
deductive argument
component sentence
disjuctive syllogism