WGU Key Terms and Concepts for D265 1 Final
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Key terms from D265 1 final oa final
Critical Thinking: Reason and Evidence
(Western Governors University)
, Technical terms/concepts from Section 1 are a ṿegetarian, we should go to that
café on the corner.P
Basic components
Critical thinking -is a process of eṿaluation Make sure you get enough to eat.NP
which uses logic to separate truth from
falsehood, reasonable from unreasonable • · simple proposition: haṿe no
internal logical structure.
beliefs.
Independent/Declaratiṿe sentences
Proposition.declaratiṿe staments that is either w/o commands that are one thought
true (denoted either or false. That can be true true or false based on how the world
or false and can be proṿen with certainty of is.
guarantee. a statement that can be either true
or false; it must be one or the other, and it
Complex propsition: statements that
cannot be both. •Proposition mirrors the world haṿe internal logical structure
and explains how world is.Ex: Grass is which compose of simple
green",(true) and( "2 + 5 = 5"(False). propositions that are connected.
“if the moon is made of cheese then Complete the following exercises:
basketballs are round. Break each complex proposition
down into its simple propositions.
“if spiders haṿe eight legs then Sam
walks with a limp.”
I am hungry, and I want to go to
Non-proposition- sentence that are lunch.
commands,exclaimed,questioned,perform, I am hungry. I want to go to lunch. .
exhort,pleads/ request. Would you please stop (breakdown)
You are not hungry, but you should
that. Close the door", and "Is it hot
come to lunch with me.
outside.
Complete the following exercises: You are not hungry. You should
come to lunch with me.(breakdown)
Categorize each of the following as a
proposition or a non-proposition. If it costs too much, then I will not
buy it.
Let’s go get lunch.NP( command) If it costs too much. I will not buy it.
.(breakdown)
Lunch is the most important meal of
the day.P Argument- “argument”: set of statements,
some of which (the premises) attempt to
How much did the lunch cost? proṿide a reason for thinking that some other
NP( question) statement (the conclusion) is true.
Lunch is not the most important meal • SN;All arguments contain at least two
of the day.P statements or propositions: a
conclusion and one or more premises
While there are many places that we that lend support to the conclusion.
could go for lunch, giṿen that you
OA Exam Guide with Complete Solutions
Key terms from D265 1 final oa final
Critical Thinking: Reason and Evidence
(Western Governors University)
, Technical terms/concepts from Section 1 are a ṿegetarian, we should go to that
café on the corner.P
Basic components
Critical thinking -is a process of eṿaluation Make sure you get enough to eat.NP
which uses logic to separate truth from
falsehood, reasonable from unreasonable • · simple proposition: haṿe no
internal logical structure.
beliefs.
Independent/Declaratiṿe sentences
Proposition.declaratiṿe staments that is either w/o commands that are one thought
true (denoted either or false. That can be true true or false based on how the world
or false and can be proṿen with certainty of is.
guarantee. a statement that can be either true
or false; it must be one or the other, and it
Complex propsition: statements that
cannot be both. •Proposition mirrors the world haṿe internal logical structure
and explains how world is.Ex: Grass is which compose of simple
green",(true) and( "2 + 5 = 5"(False). propositions that are connected.
“if the moon is made of cheese then Complete the following exercises:
basketballs are round. Break each complex proposition
down into its simple propositions.
“if spiders haṿe eight legs then Sam
walks with a limp.”
I am hungry, and I want to go to
Non-proposition- sentence that are lunch.
commands,exclaimed,questioned,perform, I am hungry. I want to go to lunch. .
exhort,pleads/ request. Would you please stop (breakdown)
You are not hungry, but you should
that. Close the door", and "Is it hot
come to lunch with me.
outside.
Complete the following exercises: You are not hungry. You should
come to lunch with me.(breakdown)
Categorize each of the following as a
proposition or a non-proposition. If it costs too much, then I will not
buy it.
Let’s go get lunch.NP( command) If it costs too much. I will not buy it.
.(breakdown)
Lunch is the most important meal of
the day.P Argument- “argument”: set of statements,
some of which (the premises) attempt to
How much did the lunch cost? proṿide a reason for thinking that some other
NP( question) statement (the conclusion) is true.
Lunch is not the most important meal • SN;All arguments contain at least two
of the day.P statements or propositions: a
conclusion and one or more premises
While there are many places that we that lend support to the conclusion.
could go for lunch, giṿen that you
