PHILOSOPHY 105 INTRO TO LOGIC EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS,100%CORRECT

PHILOSOPHY 105 INTRO TO LOGIC EXAM 1
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
claims or assertions that something is (or is not) the case - CORRECT ANSWER
Statement (propositions)


sentences that do not assert that something is (or is not) the case; questions,
commands, greetings, exclamations - CORRECT ANSWER Non-statement


the statements that are given in support of the conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER
Premises


the statement that the argument is trying to prove or support - CORRECT ANSWER
Conclusion


provide probable, but not conclusive, support for the conclusion - CORRECT
ANSWER Inductive


strong: provides probable logical support for its conclusion
weak: does not provide probable logical support for its conclusion
cogent: strong + true premises
no cogent: strong+at least one false premise - CORRECT ANSWER Parts of
Inductive arguments


provides logically conclusive support for the conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER
Deductive

, can be valid or invalid
can be sound and unsound
soundness: a sound argument is a valid argument with all true premises -
CORRECT ANSWER Parts of a deductive argument


an argument is valid if and only if there is no possible way for all the premises to
be true at once while the conclusion is false - CORRECT ANSWER Validity


have true premises and false conclusions, sometimes have true premises and true
conclusions - CORRECT ANSWER Invalid


a situation in which all of the argument's premises are true AND the conclusion is
false at the same time - CORRECT ANSWER Counterexamples


Valid argument type
- If P, then Q, P, therefore Q - CORRECT ANSWER Modus Ponens (affirming the
antecedent)


Valid argument type
- If P, then Q, Not Q, therefore Not P - CORRECT ANSWER Modus Tollens (denying
the consequent)


valid argument type