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TEST BANK ll




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

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TABLE OF CONTENTS ll ll ll




Part I: INFORMAL LOGIC.
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1. Basic Concepts.
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Arguments, llPremises, lland llConclusions. llExercise. llRecognizing llArguments. llExercise. llDeduction lland llInduction. llExercise. llValidity, llTr
llSoundness, llStrength, llCogency. llExercise. llArgument llForms: llProving llInvalidity. llExercise. llExtended llArguments. llExercise.




2. Language: Meaning and Definition.
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Varieties llof llMeaning. llExercise. llThe llIntension lland llExtension llof llTerms. llExercise. llDefinitions lland llTheir llPurposes. llExercise. llDefinitio
llTechniques. llExercise. llCriteria llfor llLexical llDefinitions. llExercise.




3. Informal Fallacies.
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Fallacies llin llGeneral. llExercise. llFallacies llof llRelevance. llExercise. llFallacies llof llWeak llInduction. llExercise. llFallacies llof llPresumpt
llAmbiguity, lland llIllicit llTransference. llExercise. llFallacies llin llOrdinary llLanguage. llExercise.




Part II: FORMAL LOGIC.
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4. Categorical Propositions.
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The llComponents llof llCategorical llPropositions. llExercise. llQuality, llQuantity, lland llDistribution. llExercise. llVenn llDiagrams lland llthe llMod
llSquare llof llOpposition. llExercise. llConversion, llObversion, lland llContraposition. llExercise. llThe llTraditional llSquare llof llOpposition. llExerc

llVenn llDiagrams lland llthe llTraditional llStandpoint. llExercise. llTranslating llOrdinary llLanguage llStatements llinto llCategorical llForm. llExerci




5. Categorical Syllogisms.
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Standard llForm, llMood, lland llFigure. llExercise. llVenn llDiagrams. llExercise. llRules lland llFallacies. llExercise. llReducing llthe llNumber llof llTe
llExercise. llOrdinary llLanguage llArguments. llExercise. llEnthymemes. llExercise. llSorites. llExercise.




6. Propositional Logic.
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Symbols lland llTranslation. llExercise. llTruth llFunctions. llExercise. llTruth llTables llfor llPropositions. llExercise. llTruth llTables llfor llArgume
llExercise. llIndirect llTruth llTables. llExercise. llArgument llForms lland llFallacies. llExercise.




7. Natural Deduction in Propositional Logic.
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Rules llof llImplication llI. llExercise. llRules llof llImplication llII. llExercise. llRules llof llReplacement llI. llExercise. llRules llof llReplacement llII. llExerc
llConditional llProof. llExercise. llIndirect llProof. llExercise. llProving llLogical llTruths. llExercise.




8. Predicate Logic.
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Symbols lland llTranslation. llExercise. llUsing llthe llRules llof llInference. llExercise. llQuantifier llNegation llRule. llExercise. llConditional lland llIndi
llProof. llExercise. llProving llInvalidity. llExercise. llRelational llPredicates lland llOverlapping llQuantifiers. llExercise. llIdentity. llExercise.




Part III: INDUCTIVE LOGIC.
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9. Analogy and Legal and Moral Reasoning.
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Analogical llReasoning. llLegal llReasoning. llMoral llReasoning. llExercise.

10. Causality and Mill's Methods.
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,"Cause" lland llNecessary lland llSufficient llConditions. llMill's llFive llMethods. llMill's llMethods lland llScience. llExercise.

11. Probability.
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Theories llof llProbability. llThe llProbability llCalculus. llExercise.

12. Statistical Reasoning.
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Evaluating llStatistics. llSamples. llThe llMeaning llof ll"Average." llDispersion. llGraphs lland llPictograms. llPercentages. llExercise.

13. Hypothetical/Scientific Reasoning.
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The llHypothetical llMethod. llHypothetical llReasoning: llFour llExamples llfrom llScience. llThe llProof llof llHypotheses. llThe llTentative llAccepta
llof llHypotheses. llExercise.




14. Science and Superstition.
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Distinguishing llBetween llScience lland llSuperstition. llEvidentiary llSupport. llObjectivity. llIntegrity. llAbusing llScience. llExercise.

Answers llto llSelected llExercises.

, Chapter 1 Test A
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MULTIPLE llCHOICE

INSTRUCTIONS: llThe llfollowing llselections llrelate llto lldistinguishing llarguments llfrom llnonarguments
and llidentifying llconclusions. llSelect llthe llbest llanswer llfor lleach.

1. l l There llappears llto llbe ll a llgrowing llhappiness llgap llbetween llmen lland llwomen. llWomen lltoday
llare llworking

more lland llrelaxing llless, llwhile llmen llare llworking llless lland llrelaxing llmore. llForty llyears llago lla
lltypical

woman llspent ll40 llminutes llmore llper llweek llthan llthe lltypical llman llperforming llan llactivity llconsidered
unpleasant. llToday, llwith llmen llworking llless, llthe llgap llis ll90 llminutes lland llgrowing.
a. l l l l Argument;
c. Argument; llllconclusion:
conclusion: llllForty
Todayllyears ll... llthe llgap
llago ll...llis
llanll90 llminutes
llactivity lland llgrowing.
llconsidered

llb. l l Nonargument.
unpleasant.
d. l l Argument; llconclusion: llThere llappears llto llbe ll... llbetween llmen lland

llwomen.
ANS: l l D PTS:
e. l l Argument; llconclusion: llWomen lltoday llare llworking llmore lland llrelaxing
l l 2
llless.
2. l l Lead llis lltoxic, llbut lldo llyou llknow llwhy? llLead llis lltoxic llmainly llbecause llit ll preferentially llreplaces
llother

metals llin llbiochemical llreactions. llIn ll so lldoing llit llinterferes llwith llthe llproteins llthat llregulate llblood
llpressure

(which llcan llcause lldevelopment lldelays llin llchildren lland llhigh llblood llpressure llin lladults), llheme
llproduction

(whichl llcan
a. lllead llto llanemia),
l Argument; llconclusion:lland llIt llllsperm
interferes llproduction.
llwith llthellLead llproteins llalso
ll...lldisplaces
lland llspermllcalcium llin llthe llreactions llthat
llproduction.

transmit
b. l l llelectrical
Argument;llimpulses llin llthe
llconclusion: llLead llbrain, llwhich lldiminishes llthe llability llto llthink lland llrecall llinformation.
llis lltoxic.

c. l l Nonargument. Anne llMarie llHelmstine, ll"Your llGuide llto llChemistry"
d. l l Argument; llconclusion: llIt ll preferentially llreplaces llother llmetals llin llbiochemical

llreactions.

e. l l Argument; llconclusion: llLead llalso lldisplaces llcalcium ll... llrecall llinformation.
ANS: l l C PTS:
l l 2

3. l l Aristotle llfocused llon ll clarifying llthe llconcept llof llvirtue llitself. llHe ll argued llthat llit llwas llvirtuous llto
llchoose llthe

proper llamount llof ll emotion lland/or llaction llcalled llfor llin lla llparticular llsituation lland llthat llextremes llof
emotion lland llaction llwere llvices. llIn ll all llcommunities llthere llare llsome llmen llof llpractical llwisdom llwho
llhave

the llcapacity llto lljudge llwisely. llAristotle llargued llthatDavid llthey llllCooper,
have llthellValue llcapacity llto llfollow
llPluralism lland llthe ll"right
Ethical llrule"
llChoice

whatever
a. the llsituation.
l l llArgument; llconclusion: llIn ll all llcommunities ll... llcapacity llto lljudge llwisely.

b. l l Argument; llconclusion: llAristotle llfocused llon llclarifying llthe llconcept llof ll virtue

llitself.

c. l l Argument; llconclusion: llThey llhave llthe llcapacity llto llfollow ll... llthe llsituation.

d. l l Argument; llconclusion: llHe llargued llthat llit llwas llvirtuous ll... llwere llvices

e. l l Nonargument.
ANS: l l E PTS:
l l 2

4. l l Illegal llimmigrants llpay lllocal llsales lltaxes, lland llmany llof llthem llalso llpay llstate, lllocal, lland llfederal
llincome lltax

and llSocial llSecurity lltax. llThey llalso llpurchase llitems llfrom lllocal llmerchants, llincreasing llthe llamount llthese
merchants llpay llin lltaxes. llIn ll addition, llthey llwork llfor lllow llsalaries, llwhich llincreases llthe llearnings llof ll their
employers lland llthe llamount llof lltaxes llthese llemployers llpay. llThus, llit llis llnot llcorrect llto llsay llthat llillegal
immigrants
a. llcontribute
l l Argument; llnothing llto
llconclusion: llItllthe llcommunities
ll is llnot llcorrect llto llinllsay
llwhich they lllive. llin llwhich llthey
ll... llcommunities

lllive.




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