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Introductory Logic Vocab

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1. A verbal attack on a person rather than his argument






2. The premise containing the major term






3. Attacking a position by pointing out how the arguer came to hold it






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






5. A genus of a term is a term that is more general - broad - or abstract than the original term and includes it






6. A verbal disagreement is a misunderstanding due to differing definitions to differing definitions for one or more words






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






8. Any statement is either true or false






9. A statement that affirms an outcome based on a condition.






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






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






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






13. Alters the meaning of a statement through changed emphasis






14. A statement of the opposite quality with a negated predicate






15. A hasty generalization






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






17. An argument based merely on the passage of time






18. Is valid and has true premises






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






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






21. An argument that uses both hypothetical and categorical statements






22. The sum of all the common attributes denoted by the term






23. A statement cannot be both true and false






24. The fallacy of transferring attributes from part to whole






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






26. Two statements are in contradiction if and only if they always have opposite truth values






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






28. Changing the definition of a term in the middle of an argument






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






30. The quantity of a statement is the scope of its claim about the extension of the subject: universal (entire extension) or particular (partial)






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






32. Contains the minor term






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Words that set boundaries - referring only to a limited class of things






40. A statement that reverses the subject and predicate






41. A three letter description of the types of categorical statements it contains when arranged in stadard order






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






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






44. 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






45. If a statement is true - then it is true






46. The subject of a statement is the term being described - or about which something is asserted






47. The fallacy of transferring attributes from whole to part






48. The conclusion of an argument is the statement which appears to be implied by the other statements in the argument - which are called premises






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






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







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