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