INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE FULL
SOLUTION
●● Reasoning
Answer: Reasoning is drawing proper conclusions from other
information.
●● Law of Excluded Middle
Answer: Any statement is either true or false.
●● Law of Identity
Answer: If a statement is true, then it is true
●● Law of Noncontradiction
Answer: A statement cannot be both true and false.
●● Formal Logic
Answer: Deals with the proper modes of reasoning.
●● Informal Logic
,Answer: Deals with operations of thinking that are indirectly related to
reasoning.
●● Induction
Answer: Reasoning with probability from examples to general rules.
●● Deduction
Answer: Reasoning with certainty from premises to conclusions.
●● Categorical Logic
Answer: Deals with syllogism, a type of deductive argument in which
the conclusion connect one category with another.
●● Propositional Logic
Answer: Connects entire propositions together in arguments.
●● Term
Answer: A concept that is expresses precisely in words.
●● Definition
Answer: A statement that gives the meaning of the term.
●● Relationships
, Answer: Show similarities when terms are defined properly.
●● Ambiguous
Answer: Has more than one definition.
●● Vague
Answer: One whose extent is unclear.
●● Lexical Definition
Answer: A definition that shows relationships or reduces ambiguity by
providing a single, established meaning of a term.
●● Precising Definition
Answer: Making a statement, question, or command less vague by
making it more precise.
●● Stipulative Definition
Answer: When a new word is invented, or an existing word is applied in
a new way.
●● Theoretical Definition
Answer: A definition often scientific or philosophical in nature.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE FULL
SOLUTION
●● Reasoning
Answer: Reasoning is drawing proper conclusions from other
information.
●● Law of Excluded Middle
Answer: Any statement is either true or false.
●● Law of Identity
Answer: If a statement is true, then it is true
●● Law of Noncontradiction
Answer: A statement cannot be both true and false.
●● Formal Logic
Answer: Deals with the proper modes of reasoning.
●● Informal Logic
,Answer: Deals with operations of thinking that are indirectly related to
reasoning.
●● Induction
Answer: Reasoning with probability from examples to general rules.
●● Deduction
Answer: Reasoning with certainty from premises to conclusions.
●● Categorical Logic
Answer: Deals with syllogism, a type of deductive argument in which
the conclusion connect one category with another.
●● Propositional Logic
Answer: Connects entire propositions together in arguments.
●● Term
Answer: A concept that is expresses precisely in words.
●● Definition
Answer: A statement that gives the meaning of the term.
●● Relationships
, Answer: Show similarities when terms are defined properly.
●● Ambiguous
Answer: Has more than one definition.
●● Vague
Answer: One whose extent is unclear.
●● Lexical Definition
Answer: A definition that shows relationships or reduces ambiguity by
providing a single, established meaning of a term.
●● Precising Definition
Answer: Making a statement, question, or command less vague by
making it more precise.
●● Stipulative Definition
Answer: When a new word is invented, or an existing word is applied in
a new way.
●● Theoretical Definition
Answer: A definition often scientific or philosophical in nature.