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Introductory Logic Vocab

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






2. An illegitimate appeal to a majority






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






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






5. Deals directly with the proper modes of reasoning






6. An argument based merely on the passage of time






7. An illegimate appeal to authority






8. A hasty generalization






9. The condition - the part following the 'if'






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






24. An argument that uses only hypothetical statements






25. Any statement is either true or false






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






27. Contains the minor term






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






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






30. Is valid and has true premises






31. A concept that can be expressed precisely






32. Deductive argument consisting of three statements in categorical form that together use only three terms - called the major - minor - and middle






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






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






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






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






37. A statement that reverses the subject and predicate






38. An argument from lack of evidence






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






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






41. Making an argument based on a false dilemma






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






43. A sentence which is either true or false






44. Found once in each premise






45. The fallacy of transferring attributes from part to whole






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






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






48. The premise containing the major term






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






50. A statement cannot be both true and false