WGU: 265 Critical Thinking questions
well answered
Proposition - correct answer ✔✔Statement that can be true or false
Non-Propositions - correct answer ✔✔Not statements about matters of fact. THey do not make
a claim that can be true or false.
Simple Proposition - correct answer ✔✔No internal logical structure. They are true or false on
their own.
Complex Propositions - correct answer ✔✔Have internal logistical structure. THey are
composed of simple propositions.
Premise - correct answer ✔✔Claims, evidence, ideas intended to support the conclusion.
Conclusion - correct answer ✔✔The claim that the whole argument is intended to support or
demonstrate or prove.
Premise indicators - correct answer ✔✔Because, for, given that, In that, as, since, as indicated
by
Conclusion indicators - correct answer ✔✔Therefore, so, it follows that, hence, thus, entails
that, we may conclude that, implies that, wherefore, as a result of
Deduction - correct answer ✔✔Argument where the premise guarantee or necessitate the
conclusion
, Induction - correct answer ✔✔Arguments where the premise make the conclusion probable.
Abduction - correct answer ✔✔Arguments where the best available explanation is chosen as
the correct explanation.
Soundness - correct answer ✔✔A deductive argument is sound if it has a valid structure and all
its premises are true. (If an argument is deductive but has either an invalid structure or at least
one false premise, then it is an unsound argument.)
Validity - correct answer ✔✔In a valid deductive argument the truth of the premises would
make the conclusion necessarily true.
Strength - correct answer ✔✔In a strong inductive argument, the truth of the premises would
make the conclusion probably true.
Cogency - correct answer ✔✔an inductive argument is cogent if the argument is strong and all
the premises are true.
Formal Fallacy - correct answer ✔✔an argument that has an error in reasoning that involves the
explicit use of an invalid form
Informal Fallacy - correct answer ✔✔An error in the content of an argument
Antecedent - correct answer ✔✔Simple proposition that immediately follows the word "if"
Consequent - correct answer ✔✔Simple proposition that immediately follows the word "then"
well answered
Proposition - correct answer ✔✔Statement that can be true or false
Non-Propositions - correct answer ✔✔Not statements about matters of fact. THey do not make
a claim that can be true or false.
Simple Proposition - correct answer ✔✔No internal logical structure. They are true or false on
their own.
Complex Propositions - correct answer ✔✔Have internal logistical structure. THey are
composed of simple propositions.
Premise - correct answer ✔✔Claims, evidence, ideas intended to support the conclusion.
Conclusion - correct answer ✔✔The claim that the whole argument is intended to support or
demonstrate or prove.
Premise indicators - correct answer ✔✔Because, for, given that, In that, as, since, as indicated
by
Conclusion indicators - correct answer ✔✔Therefore, so, it follows that, hence, thus, entails
that, we may conclude that, implies that, wherefore, as a result of
Deduction - correct answer ✔✔Argument where the premise guarantee or necessitate the
conclusion
, Induction - correct answer ✔✔Arguments where the premise make the conclusion probable.
Abduction - correct answer ✔✔Arguments where the best available explanation is chosen as
the correct explanation.
Soundness - correct answer ✔✔A deductive argument is sound if it has a valid structure and all
its premises are true. (If an argument is deductive but has either an invalid structure or at least
one false premise, then it is an unsound argument.)
Validity - correct answer ✔✔In a valid deductive argument the truth of the premises would
make the conclusion necessarily true.
Strength - correct answer ✔✔In a strong inductive argument, the truth of the premises would
make the conclusion probably true.
Cogency - correct answer ✔✔an inductive argument is cogent if the argument is strong and all
the premises are true.
Formal Fallacy - correct answer ✔✔an argument that has an error in reasoning that involves the
explicit use of an invalid form
Informal Fallacy - correct answer ✔✔An error in the content of an argument
Antecedent - correct answer ✔✔Simple proposition that immediately follows the word "if"
Consequent - correct answer ✔✔Simple proposition that immediately follows the word "then"
