HUM 115 TEST 1 EXAM WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Conclusion - ANSin an argument, the statement that the premises are intended to
support
Explanation - ANSa statement or statements intended to tell why or how something is
the case
Peer Pressure - ANSgroup pressure to accept or reject a claim based solely on what
one's peers think or do
Inference - ANSthe process of reasoning from a premise or premises to a conclusion
based on those premises
Logic - ANSthe study of good reasoning, or inference, and the rules that govern it
Premise - ANSin an argument, a statement or reason given in support of the conclusion
Statement - ANSan assertion that something is or is not the case
Appeal to Common Practice - ANSthe fallacy of accepting or rejecting a claim based
solely on what groups of people generally do or how they behave (when the action or
behavior is irrelevant to the truth of the claim)
Appeal to Popularity - ANSthe fallacy of of arguing that a claim must be true merely
because a substantial number of people believe it
Philosophical Skepticism - ANSthe view that we know much less than we think we do or
nothing at all
Social Relativism - ANSthe view that the truth is relative to societies
Antecedent - ANSthe first part of a conditional statement, the component that begins
with the word "if"
Conditional Statement - ANSan "if-then" statement; it consists of the antecedent (the
part introduced by "if") and the consequent (the part introduced by "then")
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Conclusion - ANSin an argument, the statement that the premises are intended to
support
Explanation - ANSa statement or statements intended to tell why or how something is
the case
Peer Pressure - ANSgroup pressure to accept or reject a claim based solely on what
one's peers think or do
Inference - ANSthe process of reasoning from a premise or premises to a conclusion
based on those premises
Logic - ANSthe study of good reasoning, or inference, and the rules that govern it
Premise - ANSin an argument, a statement or reason given in support of the conclusion
Statement - ANSan assertion that something is or is not the case
Appeal to Common Practice - ANSthe fallacy of accepting or rejecting a claim based
solely on what groups of people generally do or how they behave (when the action or
behavior is irrelevant to the truth of the claim)
Appeal to Popularity - ANSthe fallacy of of arguing that a claim must be true merely
because a substantial number of people believe it
Philosophical Skepticism - ANSthe view that we know much less than we think we do or
nothing at all
Social Relativism - ANSthe view that the truth is relative to societies
Antecedent - ANSthe first part of a conditional statement, the component that begins
with the word "if"
Conditional Statement - ANSan "if-then" statement; it consists of the antecedent (the
part introduced by "if") and the consequent (the part introduced by "then")
