Liberty University PHIL 201 Exam 1 – Jones verified to pass 2025

Liberty University PHIL 201 Exam 1 –
Jones verified to pass 2025
~ - correct answer ✔Negation


. - correct answer ✔Conjunction


V - correct answer ✔Disjunction


= - correct answer ✔Equivalence


≠ - correct answer ✔Inequality


> - correct answer ✔Implication


≡ - correct answer ✔Biconditional (if and only if)


:. - correct answer ✔Conclusion


Three Laws of Thought - correct answer ✔The Law of Identity (A=A)
The Law of Excluded Middle (A v~ A)
The Law of Non-Contradiction (A >~~ A)


3 (or 4) Elements of an Argument - correct answer ✔1. Premises: the
propositions from which the conclusion follows

, 2. Conclusion: the proposition that follows from the premises


3. Entailment / Interference: the relationship between the premises and the
conclusion by which the conclusion can be said to follow the premises


Deduction - correct answer ✔An argument where in the premises logically
entail the conclusion


3 (or 4) Types of Deductive Syllogisms - correct answer ✔1. Categorical
Syllogism
2. Disjunctive Syllogism
3. Hypothetical Syllogism
3a. Two valid forms of hypothetical syllogisms
3b. Two formal fallacies of mixed hypothetical syllogisms


Categorical Syllogism - correct answer ✔States things in terms of categories
E.x. all of you are students (A=B)


Disjunctive Syllogism - correct answer ✔- If one side isn't true, the other
must be true
- Affirming a disjunction is a fallacy


Hypothetical Syllogism - correct answer ✔Contains a conditional proposition
(if then)


Two valid forms of mixed hypothetical syllogisms - correct answer ✔1.
Affirming the antecedent: A > Y, X :. Y
2. Denying the consequent: X > Y, ~Y :. ~X