SECTION 1- CRITICAL THINKING D265
WGU EXAM QUESTIONS & DETAILED
ANSWERS RATED 100% CORRECT
What is meant by validity or strength of an argument? - correct answer ✔✔Generally, Strong
Arguments are ones that are convincing. And an argument is valid if the premises(if true)
provide proof of the conclusion.
What are the different types of inferences? - correct answer ✔✔- Deduction
- Induction
-Abduction
Inference - correct answer ✔✔A conclusion one can draw from the presented details.
deduction - correct answer ✔✔forming a general conclusion based on specific observations
Induction - correct answer ✔✔forming a specific conclusion based on general premise.
Abduction reasoning - correct answer ✔✔rules out explanations until most plausible remains
truth - correct answer ✔✔A proposition that accurately represents reality.
validity - correct answer ✔✔In a good deductive argument structure, when true premises make
the conclusion necessarily true.
, invalidity - correct answer ✔✔One or two of the premises are false, thus making the conclusion
false.
Soundness - correct answer ✔✔The deductive argument is valid, and all premises are true
premises.
Unsoundness - correct answer ✔✔When the argument is invalid or the premises are false.
How is truth connected to propositions? - correct answer ✔✔The relationship that holds
between a proposition and its corresponding fact. If a proposition is true, then the conclusion is
true, but if it's false then it's false.
valid argument form - correct answer ✔✔an argument form in which every substitution
instance is a valid (true) argument
invalid argument form - correct answer ✔✔an argument form that has some invalid (false)
substitution instances
Differentiate between truth, strength, and cogency. - correct answer ✔✔- A strong argument
can have a false conclusion even if it starts with true premises (strong arguments only make the
conclusion probable, not certain).
- cogent argument must have true premises. Cogency is strength plus true premises.
Cogency: In a strong inductive argument, all premises are true.
All True Premises + Strong Inductive Support = Cogency Argument
Strength of an Argument - correct answer ✔✔In the inductive argument, true premises make
the conclusion probably true. (but not necessarily a guarantee, but the premises are supportive)
Cogency - correct answer ✔✔In a strong inductive argument, all premises are true.
WGU EXAM QUESTIONS & DETAILED
ANSWERS RATED 100% CORRECT
What is meant by validity or strength of an argument? - correct answer ✔✔Generally, Strong
Arguments are ones that are convincing. And an argument is valid if the premises(if true)
provide proof of the conclusion.
What are the different types of inferences? - correct answer ✔✔- Deduction
- Induction
-Abduction
Inference - correct answer ✔✔A conclusion one can draw from the presented details.
deduction - correct answer ✔✔forming a general conclusion based on specific observations
Induction - correct answer ✔✔forming a specific conclusion based on general premise.
Abduction reasoning - correct answer ✔✔rules out explanations until most plausible remains
truth - correct answer ✔✔A proposition that accurately represents reality.
validity - correct answer ✔✔In a good deductive argument structure, when true premises make
the conclusion necessarily true.
, invalidity - correct answer ✔✔One or two of the premises are false, thus making the conclusion
false.
Soundness - correct answer ✔✔The deductive argument is valid, and all premises are true
premises.
Unsoundness - correct answer ✔✔When the argument is invalid or the premises are false.
How is truth connected to propositions? - correct answer ✔✔The relationship that holds
between a proposition and its corresponding fact. If a proposition is true, then the conclusion is
true, but if it's false then it's false.
valid argument form - correct answer ✔✔an argument form in which every substitution
instance is a valid (true) argument
invalid argument form - correct answer ✔✔an argument form that has some invalid (false)
substitution instances
Differentiate between truth, strength, and cogency. - correct answer ✔✔- A strong argument
can have a false conclusion even if it starts with true premises (strong arguments only make the
conclusion probable, not certain).
- cogent argument must have true premises. Cogency is strength plus true premises.
Cogency: In a strong inductive argument, all premises are true.
All True Premises + Strong Inductive Support = Cogency Argument
Strength of an Argument - correct answer ✔✔In the inductive argument, true premises make
the conclusion probably true. (but not necessarily a guarantee, but the premises are supportive)
Cogency - correct answer ✔✔In a strong inductive argument, all premises are true.
