Critical thinking d265 wgu Questions & Answers 100% Correct!

Critical thinking d265 wgu Questions &
Answers 100% Correct!
Proposition - ANSWERSStatement that can be either true or false

Non-proposition - ANSWERSSentences that are not statments about matters of fact.
They do not make a claim that can be true or false.

Simple proposition - ANSWERSHave no internal logical structure. Meaning they are
true or false on their own

Complex proposition - ANSWERSHave internal logical structure. Meaning they are
composed of simple propositions

Non-argument - ANSWERSReports, pieces of advice, warnings, and statements of
belief or opinion. They give information with no intent to persuade

Argument - ANSWERSA combination of statements if there is intent to persuade or
have conclusion keywords

Premise - ANSWERSAre claims , evidence, ideas, and so forth intended to support the
conclusion

Conclusions - ANSWERSThe claim that the whole argument is intended to support or
demonstrate or prove

Deductive argument - ANSWERSArguer believes that the truth of the premises
establishes the truth of conclusion. ( facts )

Inductive argument - ANSWERSArguer believes that the truth of the premises provides
only good reasons to believe the conclusion is probably true. ( observation)

Valid - ANSWERSIn a good deductive argument structure , true premises would make
the conclusion true

Sound - ANSWERSDeductive argument is sound if it has a valid structure and all its
premises are true

Strong - ANSWERSAn inductive argument , the truth of the premises would make the
conclusion probably true

Cogent - ANSWERSAnd inductive argument is cogent if it is strong and all it's premises
are true