D265 - WGU - Critical Thinking - Reason & Evidence Accurate 100%
D265 - WGU - Critical Thinking - Reason & Evidence Accurate 100% PROPOSITIONS - ANSWER Are statements that can be true or false NON-PROPOSITONS - ANSWER Are sentences that are not statements about matters of fact or fiction. They do not make a claim that can be true or false. SIMPLE PROPOSITIONS - ANSWER Have no internal logic structure, meaning whether they are true or false does not depend on whether a part of them is true or false. They are simply true or false on their own. (Example: Harry Potter wears glasses. The sky is blue.) COMPLEX PROPOSITIONS - ANSWER Have internal logic structure, meaning they are composed of simple propositions. Whether they are true or false depends on whether their parts are true or false. (Example: The sky is blue, but it does not look blue to me right now. The cat ate the food, but he did not like it. The GDP of Canada is either $3 trillion or $12 trillion.) Words used to identify Independent Propositions - ANSWER AND, OR, EITHER, BUT, IF, THEN. CONCLUSION INDICATORS - ANSWER THEREFORE, SO, IT FOLLOWS THAT, HENCE, THUS, ENTAILS THAT, WE MAY CONCLUDE THAT, IMPLIES THAT, WHEREFORE
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