Critical Thinking: Reason and Evidence || || || || ||
D265 Complete exam with precise || || || || ||
answers
Which sentence is a non-proposition? || || || ||
- If the burglar did not go out the front door, they must have gone out a window.
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- The earth is the third planet from the sun.
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- Where are the keys to my car?
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- Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. - Correct answer ✔Where
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are the keys to my car?
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Did the company really close that deal? It has had a great year. Where is the
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president right now? Let's go ask whether the deal was closed.
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In the above paragraph, which sentence expresses a proposition?
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- Where is the president right now?
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- Did the company really close that deal?
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- Let's go ask whether the deal was closed.
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- It has had a great year. - Correct answer ✔It has had a great year.
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Propositions - Correct answer ✔Statements that can be true or false. || || || || || || || || || ||
,Non-propositions - Correct answer ✔Sentences that are not statements about || || || || || || || || || ||
matters of fact (or fiction). They do not make a claim that can be true or false.
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Which sentence expresses a complex proposition?
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- Birthday parties can be really fun.
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- The cat ate the food, but did not like it.
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- Too many employees are used to high-stress work environments in the United
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States.
- Why did the monkey escape, and who is responsible? - Correct answer ✔The
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cat ate the food, but did not like it.
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If the computer is not fixed, then the company either needs to buy a new one or
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will not be able to keep up productivity.
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Which of the following breaks down the complex proposition above into the
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simple propositions? ||
- If the computer is not fixed, then the company needs to buy a new one. The
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company will not be able to keep up productivity. || || || || || || || ||
- The computer is not fixed. The company needs to buy a new computer. The
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company will not be able to keep up productivity. || || || || || || || ||
- The computer is not fixed. The company either needs to buy a new one or will
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not be able to keep up productivity.
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,- The company does not have enough computers. - Correct answer ✔The
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computer is not fixed. The company needs to buy a new computer. The || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
company will not be able to keep up productivity. || || || || || || || ||
Simple propositions - Correct answer ✔Simple propositions have no internal
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logical structure, meaning whether they are true or false does not depend on
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whether part of them is true or false. They are simply true or false on their own.
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Complex propositions - Correct answer ✔Complex propositions have internal|| || || || || || || || ||
logical structure, meaning they are composed of simple propositions. Whether
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they are true or false depends on whether their parts are true or false.
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If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to show up on time. How
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many times have we heard the manager complain about tardiness? Nobody
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likes a 7 a.m. start time, but it was in the job description. We should remind the
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new employee how important this is.
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Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above paragraph?
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- The new employee wants to succeed.
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- How many times have we heard the manager complain about tardiness?
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- The employees look out for each other.
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- If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to show up on time. -
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Correct answer ✔The new employee wants to succeed. || || || || || || ||
The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this negatively affects
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many of us. Many people are unsure exactly how their health insurance
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, coverage works and are not sure where they can go to get care. What can be
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done to improve this? If changes are not made soon, the problem will only get
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worse.
Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above paragraph?
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- Many people are not sure where they can go to get care.
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- The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this negatively affects
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many of us. || ||
- What can be done to improve this?
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- Many people are unsure exactly how their health insurance coverage works
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and are not sure where they can go to get care. - Correct answer ✔Many people
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are not sure where they can go to get care.
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Bad inferential structure - Correct answer ✔Every argument with the same
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structure as this argument is bad (invalid or weak). The premises do not, in fact,
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demonstrate or maybe even support the conclusion. In other words, we can
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accept the premises as true without being compelled to accept the conclusion.
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There is something wrong with this argument's general structure.
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False premise - Correct answer ✔This particular argument has a
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premise/assumption that is false. There is something wrong with this || || || || || || || || || ||
argument's particular content. || ||
Conclusion Indicators - Correct answer ✔Therefore, so, it follows that, hence, || || || || || || || || || || ||
thus, entails that, we may conclude that, implies that, wherefore, as a result
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Premise Indicators - Correct answer ✔Because, for, given that, in that, as, since,
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as indicated by
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D265 Complete exam with precise || || || || ||
answers
Which sentence is a non-proposition? || || || ||
- If the burglar did not go out the front door, they must have gone out a window.
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- The earth is the third planet from the sun.
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- Where are the keys to my car?
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- Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. - Correct answer ✔Where
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
are the keys to my car?
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Did the company really close that deal? It has had a great year. Where is the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
president right now? Let's go ask whether the deal was closed.
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In the above paragraph, which sentence expresses a proposition?
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- Where is the president right now?
|| || || || || ||
- Did the company really close that deal?
|| || || || || || ||
- Let's go ask whether the deal was closed.
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- It has had a great year. - Correct answer ✔It has had a great year.
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Propositions - Correct answer ✔Statements that can be true or false. || || || || || || || || || ||
,Non-propositions - Correct answer ✔Sentences that are not statements about || || || || || || || || || ||
matters of fact (or fiction). They do not make a claim that can be true or false.
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Which sentence expresses a complex proposition?
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- Birthday parties can be really fun.
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- The cat ate the food, but did not like it.
|| || || || || || || || || ||
- Too many employees are used to high-stress work environments in the United
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
States.
- Why did the monkey escape, and who is responsible? - Correct answer ✔The
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
cat ate the food, but did not like it.
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If the computer is not fixed, then the company either needs to buy a new one or
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
will not be able to keep up productivity.
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Which of the following breaks down the complex proposition above into the
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simple propositions? ||
- If the computer is not fixed, then the company needs to buy a new one. The
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company will not be able to keep up productivity. || || || || || || || ||
- The computer is not fixed. The company needs to buy a new computer. The
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company will not be able to keep up productivity. || || || || || || || ||
- The computer is not fixed. The company either needs to buy a new one or will
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not be able to keep up productivity.
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,- The company does not have enough computers. - Correct answer ✔The
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computer is not fixed. The company needs to buy a new computer. The || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
company will not be able to keep up productivity. || || || || || || || ||
Simple propositions - Correct answer ✔Simple propositions have no internal
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logical structure, meaning whether they are true or false does not depend on
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whether part of them is true or false. They are simply true or false on their own.
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Complex propositions - Correct answer ✔Complex propositions have internal|| || || || || || || || ||
logical structure, meaning they are composed of simple propositions. Whether
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they are true or false depends on whether their parts are true or false.
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If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to show up on time. How
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
many times have we heard the manager complain about tardiness? Nobody
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likes a 7 a.m. start time, but it was in the job description. We should remind the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
new employee how important this is.
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Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above paragraph?
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- The new employee wants to succeed.
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- How many times have we heard the manager complain about tardiness?
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- The employees look out for each other.
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- If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to show up on time. -
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Correct answer ✔The new employee wants to succeed. || || || || || || ||
The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this negatively affects
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
many of us. Many people are unsure exactly how their health insurance
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
, coverage works and are not sure where they can go to get care. What can be
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
done to improve this? If changes are not made soon, the problem will only get
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
worse.
Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above paragraph?
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
- Many people are not sure where they can go to get care.
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
- The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this negatively affects
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
many of us. || ||
- What can be done to improve this?
|| || || || || || ||
- Many people are unsure exactly how their health insurance coverage works
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and are not sure where they can go to get care. - Correct answer ✔Many people
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are not sure where they can go to get care.
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Bad inferential structure - Correct answer ✔Every argument with the same
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structure as this argument is bad (invalid or weak). The premises do not, in fact,
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demonstrate or maybe even support the conclusion. In other words, we can
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accept the premises as true without being compelled to accept the conclusion.
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There is something wrong with this argument's general structure.
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False premise - Correct answer ✔This particular argument has a
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premise/assumption that is false. There is something wrong with this || || || || || || || || || ||
argument's particular content. || ||
Conclusion Indicators - Correct answer ✔Therefore, so, it follows that, hence, || || || || || || || || || || ||
thus, entails that, we may conclude that, implies that, wherefore, as a result
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Premise Indicators - Correct answer ✔Because, for, given that, in that, as, since,
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as indicated by
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