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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. Deals directly with the proper modes of reasoning






3. A vagueness of grammar that disguises or alters meaning






4. An illegimate appeal to authority






5. Making an argument based on a false dilemma






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






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






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






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






10. A statement cannot be both true and false






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






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






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






14. An argument that uses only hypothetical statements






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






16. An argument that uses both hypothetical and categorical statements






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






18. An argument based merely on the passage of time






19. A question crafted to exclude any possible legitimate response






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






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






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






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






24. The fallacy of transferring attributes from whole to part






25. Two statements are logically equivalent if they imply one another






26. The fallacy of transferring attributes from part to whole






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






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






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






30. Any statement is either true or false






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






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






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






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






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






36. Contains the minor term






37. An illegitimate appeal to a majority






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






39. The science and art of reasoning well






40. Two statements are subcontraries if and only if both can be true but both cannot be false






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






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






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






44. A concept that can be expressed precisely






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






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






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






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






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






50. Is valid and has true premises