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Test Bank for A Concise Introduction to Logic 14e 14th Edition by Patrick J. Hurley. Full Chapters test bank are included - Chapter 1 to 14 Part I: INFORMAL LOGIC. 1. Basic Concepts. Arguments, Premises, and Conclusions. Exercise. Recognizing Arguments. Exercise. Deduction and Induction. Exercise. Validity, Truth, Soundness, Strength, Cogency. Exercise. Argument Forms: Proving Invalidity. Exercise. Extended Arguments. Exercise. 2. Language: Meaning and Definition. Varieties of Meaning. Exercise. The Intension and Extension of Terms. Exercise. Definitions and Their Purposes. Exercise. Definitional Techniques. Exercise. Criteria for Lexical Definitions. Exercise. 3. Informal Fallacies. Fallacies in General. Exercise. Fallacies of Relevance. Exercise. Fallacies of Weak Induction. Exercise. Fallacies of Presumption, Ambiguity, and Illicit Transference. Exercise. Fallacies in Ordinary Language. Exercise. Part II: FORMAL LOGIC. 4. Categorical Propositions. The Components of Categorical Propositions. Exercise. Quality, Quantity, and Distribution. Exercise. Venn Diagrams and the Modern Square of Opposition. Exercise. Conversion, Obversion, and Contraposition. Exercise. The Traditional Square of Opposition. Exercise. Venn Diagrams and the Traditional Standpoint. Exercise. Translating Ordinary Language Statements into Categorical Form. Exercise. 5. Categorical Syllogisms. Standard Form, Mood, and Figure. Exercise. Venn Diagrams. Exercise. Rules and Fallacies. Exercise. Reducing the Number of Terms. Exercise. Ordinary Language Arguments. Exercise. Enthymemes. Exercise. Sorites. Exercise. 6. Propositional Logic. Symbols and Translation. Exercise. Truth Functions. Exercise. Truth Tables for Propositions. Exercise. Truth Tables for Arguments. Exercise. Indirect Truth Tables. Exercise. Argument Forms and Fallacies. Exercise. 7. Natural Deduction in Propositional Logic. Rules of Implication I. Exercise. Rules of Implication II. Exercise. Rules of Replacement I. Exercise. Rules of Replacement II. Exercise. Conditional Proof. Exercise. Indirect Proof. Exercise. Proving Logical Truths. Exercise. 8. Predicate Logic. Symbols and Translation. Exercise. Using the Rules of Inference. Exercise. Quantifier Negation Rule. Exercise. Conditional and Indirect Proof. Exercise. Proving Invalidity. Exercise. Relational Predicates and Overlapping Quantifiers. Exercise. Identity. Exercise. Part III: INDUCTIVE LOGIC. 9. Analogy and Legal and Moral Reasoning. Analogical Reasoning. Legal Reasoning. Moral Reasoning. Exercise. 10. Causality and Mill's Methods.

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TEST BANK
A Concise Introduction to Logic
14th Edition by Hurley Chapter 1 to 14




TEST BANK

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TABLE OF CONTENTS v v v




Part I: INFORMAL LOGIC.
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1. Basic Concepts.
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Arguments,vPremises,vandvConclusions.vExercise.vRecognizingvArguments.vExercise.vDeductionvandvInduction.vExercise.vValidity,vTruth,vSoundnes
trength,vCogency.vExercise.vArgumentvForms:vProvingvInvalidity.vExercise.vExtendedvArguments.vExercise.

2. Language: Meaning and Definition.
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VarietiesvofvMeaning.vExercise.vThevIntensionvandvExtensionvofvTerms.vExercise.vDefinitionsvandvTheirvPurposes.vExercise.vDefinitionalvTechnique
xercise.vCriteriavforvLexicalvDefinitions.vExercise.

3. Informal Fallacies.
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FallaciesvinvGeneral.vExercise.vFallaciesvofvRelevance.vExercise.vFallaciesvofvWeakvInduction.vExercise.vFallaciesvofvPresumption,vAmbiguity,van
licitvTransference.vExercise.vFallaciesvinvOrdinaryvLanguage.vExercise.

Part II: FORMAL LOGIC.
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4. Categorical Propositions.
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ThevComponentsvofvCategoricalvPropositions.vExercise.vQuality,vQuantity,vandvDistribution.vExercise.vVennvDiagramsvandvthevModernvSquarev
Opposition.vExercise.vConversion,vObversion,vandvContraposition.vExercise.vThevTraditionalvSquarevofvOpposition.vExercise.vVennvDiagramsva
hevTraditionalvStandpoint.vExercise.vTranslatingvOrdinaryvLanguagevStatementsvintovCategoricalvForm.vExercise.

5. Categorical Syllogisms.
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StandardvForm,vMood,vandvFigure.vExercise.vVennvDiagrams.vExercise.vRulesvandvFallacies.vExercise.vReducingvthevNumbervofvTerms.vExercise.
dinaryvLanguagevArguments.vExercise.vEnthymemes.vExercise.vSorites.vExercise.

6. Propositional Logic.
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SymbolsvandvTranslation.vExercise.vTruthvFunctions.vExercise.vTruthvTablesvforvPropositions.vExercise.vTruthvTablesvforvArguments.vExercise.vIndire
ruthvTables.vExercise.vArgumentvFormsvandvFallacies.vExercise.

7. Natural Deduction in Propositional Logic.
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RulesvofvImplicationvI.vExercise.vRulesvofvImplicationvII.vExercise.vRulesvofvReplacementvI.vExercise.vRulesvofvReplacementvII.vExercise.vConditional
oof.vExercise.vIndirectvProof.vExercise.vProvingvLogicalvTruths.vExercise.

8. Predicate Logic.
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SymbolsvandvTranslation.vExercise.vUsingvthevRulesvofvInference.vExercise.vQuantifiervNegationvRule.vExercise.vConditionalvandvIndirectvProof.vE
rcise.vProvingvInvalidity.vExercise.vRelationalvPredicatesvandvOverlappingvQuantifiers.vExercise.vIdentity.vExercise.

Part III: INDUCTIVE LOGIC.
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9. Analogy and Legal and Moral Reasoning.
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AnalogicalvReasoning.vLegalvReasoning.vMoralvReasoning.vExercise.

10. Causality and Mill's Methods.
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,"Cause"vandvNecessaryvandvSufficientvConditions.vMill'svFivevMethods.vMill'svMethodsvandvScience.vExercise.

11. Probability.
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TheoriesvofvProbability.vThevProbabilityvCalculus.vExercise.

12. Statistical Reasoning.
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EvaluatingvStatistics.vSamples.vThevMeaningvofv"Average."vDispersion.vGraphsvandvPictograms.vPercentages.vExercise.

13. Hypothetical/Scientific Reasoning.
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ThevHypotheticalvMethod.vHypotheticalvReasoning:vFourvExamplesvfromvScience.vThevProofvofvHypotheses.vThevTentativevAcceptancevofvHypo
ses.vExercise.

14. Science and Superstition.
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DistinguishingvBetweenvSciencevandvSuperstition.vEvidentiaryvSupport.vObjectivity.vIntegrity.vAbusingvScience.vExercise.

AnswersvtovSelectedvExercises.

, Chapter 1 Test A
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MULTIPLEvCHOICE

INSTRUCTIONS:vThevfollowingvselectionsvrelatevtovdistinguishingvargumentsvfromvnonarguments
andvidentifyingvconclusions.vSelectvthevbestvanswervforveach.

1.v Therevappearsvtovbevavgrowingvhappinessvgapvbetweenvmenvandvwomen.vWomenvtodayvarevworking
morevandvrelaxingvless,vwhilevmenvarevworkingvlessvandvrelaxingvmore.vFortyvyearsvagovavtypical
womanvspentv40vminutesvmorevpervweekvthanvthevtypicalvmanvperformingvanvactivityvconsidered
unpleasant.vToday,vwithvmenvworkingvless,vthevgapvisv90vminutesvandvgrowing.
a.v Argument;vconclusion:vTodayv...vthevgapvisv90vminutesvandvgrowing.
b.v Nonargument.
c.v Argument;vconclusion:vFortyvyearsvagov...vanvactivityvconsideredvunpleasant.
d.v Argument;vconclusion:vTherevappearsvtovbev...vbetweenvmenvandvwomen.
e.v Argument;vconclusion:vWomenvtodayvarevworkingvmorevandvrelaxingvless.
ANS:v D PTS:v 2

2.v Leadvisvtoxic,vbutvdovyouvknowvwhy?vLeadvisvtoxicvmainlyvbecausevitvpreferentiallyvreplacesvother
metalsvinvbiochemicalvreactions.vInvsovdoingvitvinterferesvwithvthevproteinsvthatvregulatevbloodvpressure
(whichvcanvcausevdevelopmentvdelaysvinvchildrenvandvhighvbloodvpressurevinvadults),vhemevproduction
(whichvcanvleadvtovanemia),vandvspermvproduction.vLeadvalsovdisplacesvcalciumvinvthevreactionsvthat
transmitvelectricalvimpulsesvinvthevbrain,vwhichvdiminishesvthevabilityvtovthinkvandvrecallvinformation.
AnnevMarievHelmstine,v"YourvGuidevtovChemistry"
a.v Argument;vconclusion:vItvinterferesvwithvthevproteinsv...vandvspermvproduction.
b.v Argument;vconclusion:vLeadvisvtoxic.
c.v Nonargument.
d.v Argument;vconclusion:vItvpreferentiallyvreplacesvothervmetalsvinvbiochemicalvreactions.
e.v Argument;vconclusion:vLeadvalsovdisplacesvcalciumv...vrecallvinformation.
ANS:v C PTS:v 2

3.v Aristotlevfocusedvonvclarifyingvthevconceptvofvvirtuevitself.vHevarguedvthatvitvwasvvirtuousvtovchoosevthe
propervamountvofvemotionvand/orvactionvcalledvforvinvavparticularvsituationvandvthatvextremesvof
emotionvandvactionvwerevvices.vInvallvcommunitiesvtherevarevsomevmenvofvpracticalvwisdomvwhovhave
thevcapacityvtovjudgevwisely.vAristotlevarguedvthatvtheyvhavevthevcapacityvtovfollowvthev"rightvrule"
whatevervthevsituation.
DavidvCooper,vValuevPluralismvandvEthicalvChoice
a.v Argument;vconclusion:vInvallvcommunitiesv...vcapacityvtovjudgevwisely.
b.v Argument;vconclusion:vAristotlevfocusedvonvclarifyingvthevconceptvofvvirtuevitself.
c.v Argument;vconclusion:vTheyvhavevthevcapacityvtovfollowv...vthevsituation.
d.v Argument;vconclusion:vHevarguedvthatvitvwasvvirtuousv...vwerevvices
e.v Nonargument.
ANS:v E PTS:v 2

4.v Illegalvimmigrantsvpayvlocalvsalesvtaxes,vandvmanyvofvthemvalsovpayvstate,vlocal,vandvfederalvincomevtax
andvSocialvSecurityvtax.vTheyvalsovpurchasevitemsvfromvlocalvmerchants,vincreasingvthevamountvthese
merchantsvpayvinvtaxes.vInvaddition,vtheyvworkvforvlowvsalaries,vwhichvincreasesvthevearningsvofvtheir
employersvandvthevamountvofvtaxesvthesevemployersvpay.vThus,vitvisvnotvcorrectvtovsayvthatvillegal
immigrantsvcontributevnothingvtovthevcommunitiesvinvwhichvtheyvlive.
a.v Argument;vconclusion:vItvisvnotvcorrectvtovsayv...vcommunitiesvinvwhichvtheyvlive.




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