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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. If P then Q - P therefore Q
disjuctive syllogism
Modus ponens
invalid argument
logically true sentence
2. If - then - and - or - not - if and only if - all - is. Watch for freestanding assertions vs. arguments.
logical operators
implication
valid argument
weak inductive argument
3. If P then Q - not-Q therefore not-P - Note: beware of Q being a negative (e.g. - can't)
sound argument
strong inductive argument
Modus tollens
component sentence
4. Isn't possibly true
syllogism
sound argument
contradictory statement
compound sentence
5. Any sentence that isn't contradictory
contingent sentence
weak inductive argument
satisfiable sentence
strong inductive argument
6. 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.
premise
inductive argument
deductive argument
disjuctive syllogism
7. Valid argument with all true premises
sound argument
weak inductive argument
equivalent argument
Modus tollens
8. Sentences where one or more are given as evidence or support for another
Modus ponens
weak inductive argument
disjuctive syllogism
argument
9. Statement(s) given as evidence
invalid argument
Modus tollens
disjuctive syllogism
premise
10. Sentence that is possibly true or false
syllogism
contingent sentence
implication
logically true sentence
11. Isn't possibly false
logically true sentence
logical operators
implication
disjuctive syllogism
12. Argument in which if the premises are all true - then the conclusion must be true
logically true sentence
contingent sentence
implication
valid argument
13. Invalid argument in which if the premises are all true - they provide good reason to think the conclusion will also be true
component sentence
contradictory statement
strong inductive argument
satisfiable sentence
14. An argument incorporating the claim that it is impossible for the conclusion to be false given that the premises are true.
compound sentence
conclusion
deductive argument
satisfiable sentence
15. Premises don't support truth of conclusions
deductive argument
weak inductive argument
equivalent argument
inductive argument
16. Sentence A implies sentence B A's truth guarantees B's truth
contradictory statement
inductive argument
equivalent argument
implication
17. 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
implication
syllogism
Modus ponens
deductive argument
18. An argument such that the truth of its premises makes the conclusion more or less 'probable' (but not certain).
inductive argument
logically true sentence
deductive argument
valid argument
19. Argument in which the truth of all of the premises doesn't guarantee the truths of the conclusion
invalid argument
logically true sentence
Modus tollens
strong inductive argument
20. Statement premise supports
weak inductive argument
implication
premise
conclusion
21. A can stand on its own as a sentence apart from B
contingent sentence
argument
syllogism
component sentence
22. If A and B are equivalent - then A implies B and B implies A (mutual implication)
logical operators
equivalent argument
inductive argument
satisfiable sentence
23. B has at least one component
compound sentence
Modus tollens
valid argument
component sentence