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