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Introductory Logic Vocab

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






2. Secretly assuming what you are trying to prove






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






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






5. Found once in each premise






6. The fallacy of transferring attributes from part to whole






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






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






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






10. An illegitimate appeal to a majority






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Contains the minor term






24. The science and art of reasoning well






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






26. An illegitimate appeal to force






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Difference of opinion or perception






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






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






37. An argument that uses both hypothetical and categorical statements






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






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






40. A number from 1 to 4 identifying the placement of its middle term






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






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






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






44. The fallacy of transferring attributes from whole to part






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






46. Any statement is either true or false






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






48. Two statements are contrary if and only if they can both be false but cannot both be true






49. Improperly assuming that a sequence in time implies a cause and effect






50. A hasty generalization