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Introductory Logic Vocab

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1. A question crafted to exclude any possible legitimate response






2. A statement that reverses and negates both the subject and predicate of the original






3. Alters the meaning of a statement through changed emphasis






4. A word is ambiguous if it has more than one possible meaning






5. Reasoning with probability from examples or experience to general rules






6. A representation of a syllogism - having statements in standard order with standard abbreviations of its terms






7. An argument in which a statement is unstated and assumed. Specifically - it is a syllogism with one assumed statement






8. Points to an inconsistency between a person's argument and behavior






9. The science and art of reasoning well






10. Two statements are independant if the truth or falsity of one has no effect on the truth or falsity of the other






11. A real disagreement is an actual inconsistancy between two statements: they cannot both be true at the same time






12. The subject of the conclusion and is used in the other premise






13. A self-supporting statement is a statement whose truth value can be determined from the statement itself






14. Contains the minor term






15. The relationship between a universal and particular statement of the same quality - in which the truth of the universal necessitates the truth of the particular






16. A self-contradiction is a statement that is false due to its logical structure






17. A statement which can be inferred directly from another statement






18. A term that - within a statement - refers to all members of its class






19. The set of all terms not included in the given term






20. Arguments that fail to establish their conclusions because of a weakness in logical structure






21. An illegimate appeal to authority






22. The result of the condition - the part after the 'then'






23. An argument that uses both hypothetical and categorical statements






24. Secretly assuming what you are trying to prove






25. Arguments that confuse the issue by pointing to information that is actually irrelevant to the conclusion






26. The predicate of the conclusion and is used in one premise






27. A word - often a relative pronoun or adverb - that refers to a broad range of things or times






28. Any statement is either true or false






29. The relationship between a universal and particular statement of the same quality - in which the falsity of the particular necessitates the falsity of the universal






30. A supported statement is a statement whose truth value depends on evidence or information from outside itself






31. A concept that can be expressed precisely






32. A popular but invalid (or unhelpful) form of argument






33. A statement that reverses the subject and predicate






34. A diagram of the basic relationships between statements with the same subject and predicate






35. Two statements are related by implication if the truth of one requires the truth of the other






36. An illegitimate appeal to a majority






37. The extention of a term is the sum of all the individual objects described by it






38. A tautology is a statement which is always true because of its logical structure






39. The fallacy of transferring attributes from part to whole






40. Two statements are consistent if they can both be true at the same time






41. Arguments that confuse the real issue with multiple - vague - or otherwise unclear meanings






42. The premise containing the major term






43. A set of statements - one of which appears to be implied or supported by the others






44. Found once in each premise






45. A syllogism is valid if and only if the conclusion is necessarily true given that the premises are true






46. Is a syllogism of the same form as the original - but with obviously true premises and false conclusion - in order to show the original to be invalid






47. Difference of opinion or perception






48. When there appears to be inconsistency - we have a disagreement






49. A hasty generalization






50. 'it does not follow'; that an argument is invalid