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This test bank for A Concise Introduction to Logic, 14th Edition by Patrick J. Hurley provides comprehensive practice questions covering Chapters 1 through 14. The material is designed to support students preparing for exams, quizzes, and coursework in introductory logic and critical thinking courses. Topics include argument analysis, informal fallacies, deductive and inductive reasoning, categorical logic, symbolic logic, truth tables, natural deduction, and logical proofs. The questions are structured to reinforce key concepts and improve analytical reasoning skills. This document is 100% original and plagiarism-free, professionally formatted, and easy to navigate. It is suitable for undergraduate and diploma-level philosophy and logic courses and aligns with syllabuses that use Hurley’s A Concise Introduction to Logic (14th Edition). Provided in PDF format for instant download and convenient offline study.

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14th Edition — Patrick J. Hurley




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A Concise Introduction to Logic, 14th Edition — Patrick J. Hurley




Part I: Informal Logic

Chapter 1: Basic Concepts

 Arguments, Premises, and Conclusions
 Exercise: Recognizing Arguments
 Deduction and Induction
 Exercise
 Validity, Truth, Soundness, Strength, Cogency
 Exercise
 Argument Forms: Proving Invalidity
 Exercise
 Extended Arguments
 Exercise

Chapter 2: Language: Meaning and Definition

 Varieties of Meaning
 Exercise
 The Intension and Extension of Terms
 Exercise
 Definitions and Their Purposes
 Exercise

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 Definitional Techniques
 Exercise
 Criteria for Lexical Definitions
 Exercise

Chapter 3: Informal Fallacies

 Fallacies in General
 Exercise
 Fallacies of Relevance
 Exercise
 Fallacies of Weak Induction
 Exercise
 Fallacies of Presumption, Ambiguity, and Illicit Transference
 Exercise
 Fallacies in Ordinary Language
 Exercise




Part II: Formal Logic

Chapter 4: Categorical Propositions

 The Components of Categorical Propositions
 Exercise
 Quality, Quantity, and Distribution
 Exercise
 Venn Diagrams and the Modern Square of Opposition
 Exercise
 Conversion, Obversion, and Contraposition
 Exercise

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 The Traditional Square of Opposition
 Exercise
 Venn Diagrams and the Traditional Standpoint
 Exercise
 Translating Ordinary Language Statements into Categorical Form
 Exercise

Chapter 5: Categorical Syllogisms

 Standard Form, Mood, and Figure
 Exercise
 Venn Diagrams
 Exercise
 Rules and Fallacies
 Exercise
 Reducing the Number of Terms
 Exercise
 Ordinary Language Arguments
 Exercise
 Enthymemes
 Exercise
 Sorites
 Exercise

Chapter 6: Propositional Logic

 Symbols and Translation
 Exercise
 Truth Functions
 Exercise
 Truth Tables for Propositions
 Exercise

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 Truth Tables for Arguments
 Exercise
 Indirect Truth Tables
 Exercise
 Argument Forms and Fallacies
 Exercise

Chapter 7: Natural Deduction in Propositional Logic

 Rules of Implication I
 Exercise
 Rules of Implication II
 Exercise
 Rules of Replacement I
 Exercise
 Rules of Replacement II
 Exercise
 Conditional Proof
 Exercise
 Indirect Proof
 Exercise
 Proving Logical Truths
 Exercise

Chapter 8: Predicate Logic

 Symbols and Translation
 Exercise
 Using the Rules of Inference
 Exercise
 Quantifier Negation Rule
 Exercise

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 Conditional and Indirect Proof
 Exercise
 Proving Invalidity
 Exercise
 Relational Predicates and Overlapping Quantifiers
 Exercise
 Identity
 Exercise




Part III: Inductive Logic

Chapter 9: Analogy and Legal and Moral Reasoning

 Analogical Reasoning
 Legal Reasoning
 Moral Reasoning
 Exercise

Chapter 10: Causality and Mill's Methods

 “Cause” and Necessary and Sufficient Conditions
 Mill's Five Methods
 Mill's Methods and Science
 Exercise

Chapter 11: Probability

 Theories of Probability
 The Probability Calculus
 Exercise

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