D265 - WGU - Critical Thinking -
Reason and Evidence ACTUAL
EXAM TEST QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS (A+ GRADED 100%
VERIFIED) 2025 LATEST!!
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Terms in this set (100)
PROPOSITION Are statements that can be true or
S false
Are sentences that are not
NON- statements about matters of fact or
PROPOSITONS fiction. They do not make a claim
that can be true or false.
, Have no internal logic structure,
meaning whether they are true or
SIMPLE false does not depend on whether
PROPOSITION a part of them is true or false. They
S are simply true or false on their
own. (Example: Harry Potter wears
glasses. The sky is blue.)
Have internal logic structure,
meaning they are composed of
simple propositions. Whether they
are true or false depends on
COMPLEX
whether their parts are true or
PROPOSITION
false. (Example: The sky is blue, but
S
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 AND, OR, EITHER, BUT, IF, THEN.
identify
Independent
Propositions
, THEREFORE, SO, IT FOLLOWS
THAT, HENCE, THUS, ENTAILS
CONCLUSION
THAT, WE MAY CONCLUDE THAT,
INDICATORS
IMPLIES THAT, WHEREFORE, AND
AS A RESULT.
PREMISE BECAUSE, FOR, GIVEN THAT, AS,
INDICATORS SINCE, AS INDICATED BY.
Arguments where the premises
guarantee or necessitate the
DEDUCTIVE conclusion.
ARGUMENTS -mathematical arguments, logical
arguments, arguments from
definition.
Arguments where the premises
INDUCTION make the conclusion probable.
ARGUMENTS -analogies, authority, causal
inferences, extrapolations, etc.
INFERENCE TO Arguments where the best
THE BEST available explanation is chosen as
EXPLANATION the correct explanation.
OR
ABDUCTION
, FORMAL Concerns the structure of an
FALLACY argument
INFORMAL Concerns the informational
FALLACY content of an argument
A FORMAL Bad Argument Structure
FALLACY IS A
TYPE OF
Which piece of Whether the name of the author
information and the publication are identified
would be the
most helpful to
know in
assessing the
credibility of a
news story?
Which Who funded it? & Does it try to get
questions are you to distrust other sources?
most
appropriate for
evaluating the
credibility of an
information
source?
Reason and Evidence ACTUAL
EXAM TEST QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS (A+ GRADED 100%
VERIFIED) 2025 LATEST!!
Save
Terms in this set (100)
PROPOSITION Are statements that can be true or
S false
Are sentences that are not
NON- statements about matters of fact or
PROPOSITONS fiction. They do not make a claim
that can be true or false.
, Have no internal logic structure,
meaning whether they are true or
SIMPLE false does not depend on whether
PROPOSITION a part of them is true or false. They
S are simply true or false on their
own. (Example: Harry Potter wears
glasses. The sky is blue.)
Have internal logic structure,
meaning they are composed of
simple propositions. Whether they
are true or false depends on
COMPLEX
whether their parts are true or
PROPOSITION
false. (Example: The sky is blue, but
S
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 AND, OR, EITHER, BUT, IF, THEN.
identify
Independent
Propositions
, THEREFORE, SO, IT FOLLOWS
THAT, HENCE, THUS, ENTAILS
CONCLUSION
THAT, WE MAY CONCLUDE THAT,
INDICATORS
IMPLIES THAT, WHEREFORE, AND
AS A RESULT.
PREMISE BECAUSE, FOR, GIVEN THAT, AS,
INDICATORS SINCE, AS INDICATED BY.
Arguments where the premises
guarantee or necessitate the
DEDUCTIVE conclusion.
ARGUMENTS -mathematical arguments, logical
arguments, arguments from
definition.
Arguments where the premises
INDUCTION make the conclusion probable.
ARGUMENTS -analogies, authority, causal
inferences, extrapolations, etc.
INFERENCE TO Arguments where the best
THE BEST available explanation is chosen as
EXPLANATION the correct explanation.
OR
ABDUCTION
, FORMAL Concerns the structure of an
FALLACY argument
INFORMAL Concerns the informational
FALLACY content of an argument
A FORMAL Bad Argument Structure
FALLACY IS A
TYPE OF
Which piece of Whether the name of the author
information and the publication are identified
would be the
most helpful to
know in
assessing the
credibility of a
news story?
Which Who funded it? & Does it try to get
questions are you to distrust other sources?
most
appropriate for
evaluating the
credibility of an
information
source?
