A concise introduction to logic
13th edition by Patrick J hurley and Watson
all chapters 1-14
,TABLE OF CONTENT
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PartUI:UINFORMALULOGIC.
1.UBasicUConcepts.UArguments,UPremises,UandUConclusions.UExercise.URecognizingUArgume
nts.UExercise.UDeductionUandUInduction.UExercise.UValidity,UTruth,USoundness,UStrength,UCo
gency.UExercise.UArgumentUForms:UProvingUInvalidity.UExercise.UExtendedUArguments.UExerc
ise.
2.ULanguage:UMeaningUandUDefinition.UVarietiesUofUMeaning.UExercise.UTheUIntensionUandUEx
tensionUofUTerms.UExercise.UDefinitionsUandUTheirUPurposes.UExercise.UDefinitionalUTechniq
ues.UExercise.UCriteriaUforULexicalUDefinitions.UExercise.
3.UInformalUFallacies.UFallaciesUinUGeneral.UExercise.UFallaciesUofURelevance.UExercise.UFall
aciesUofUWeakUInduction.UExercise.UFallaciesUofUPresumption,UAmbiguity,UandUIllicitUTransfe
rence.UExercise.UFallaciesUinUOrdinaryULanguage.UExercise.UPartUII:UFORMALULOGIC.
4.UCategoricalUPropositions.UTheUComponentsUofUCategoricalUPropositions.UExercise.UQualit
y,UQuantity,UandUDistribution.UExercise.UVennUDiagramsUandUtheUModernUSquareUofUOppositi
on.UExercise.UConversion,UObversion,UandUContraposition.UExercise.UTheUTraditionalUSquare
UofUOpposition.UExercise.UVennUDiagramsUandUtheUTraditionalUStandpoint.UExercise.UTranslat
ingUOrdinaryULanguageUStatementsUintoUCategoricalUForm.UExercise.
5.UCategoricalUSyllogisms.UStandardUForm,UMood,UandUFigure.UExercise.UVennUDiagrams.UEx
ercise.URulesUandUFallacies.UExercise.UReducingUtheUNumberUofUTerms.UExercise.UOrdinaryU
LanguageUArguments.UExercise.UEnthymemes.UExercise.USorites.UExercise.
6.UPropositionalULogic.USymbolsUandUTranslation.UExercise.UTruthUFunctions.UExercise.UTruth
UTablesUforUPropositions.UExercise.UTruthUTablesUforUArguments.UExercise.UIndirectUTruthUTa
bles.UExercise.UArgumentUFormsUandUFallacies.UExercise.
7.UNaturalUDeductionUinUPropositionalULogic.URulesUofUImplicationUI.UExercise.URulesUofUImpl
icationUII.UExercise.URulesUofUReplacementUI.UExercise.URulesUofUReplacementUII.UExercise.U
ConditionalUProof.UExercise.UIndirectUProof.UExercise.UProvingULogicalUTruths.UExercise.
8.UPredicateULogicUSymbolsUandUTranslation.UExercise.UUsingUtheURulesUofUInference.UExerci
se.UQuantifierUNegationURule.UExercise.UConditionalUandUIndirectUProof.UExercise.UProvingUIn
validity.UExercise.URelationalUPredicatesUandUOverlappingUQuantifiers.UExercise.UIdentity.UEx
ercise.UPartUIII:UINDUCTIVEULOGIC.
9.UAnalogyUandULegalUandUMoralUReasoning.UAnalogicalUReasoning.ULegalUReasoning.UMoralU
Reasoning.UExercise.
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,10.UCausalityUandUMill'sUMethods.U"Cause"UandUNecessaryUandUSufficientUConditions.UMill'
sUFiveUMethods.UMill'sUMethodsUandUScience.UExercise.
11.UProbability.UTheoriesUofUProbability.UTheUProbabilityUCalculus.UExercise.
12.UStatisticalUReasoning.UEvaluatingUStatistics.USamples.UTheUMeaningUofU"Average."UDispe
rsion.UGraphsUandUPictograms.UPercentages.UExercise.
13.UHypothetical/ScientificUReasoning.UTheUHypotheticalUMethod.UHypotheticalUReasoning:U
FourUExamplesUfromUScience.UTheUProofUofUHypotheses.UTheUTentativeUAcceptanceUofUHyp
otheses.UExercise.
14.UScienceUandUSuperstition.UDistinguishingUBetweenUScienceUandUSuperstition.UEvidentiar
yUSupport.UObjectivity.UIntegrity.UConcludingURemarks.UExercise.UAnswersUtoUSelectedUExer
cises.UGlossary/Index
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MULTIPLEUCHOICE
INSTRUCTIONS:UTheUfollowingUselectionsUrelateUtoUdistinguishingUargumentsUfromUnonargument
sUandUidentifyingUconclusions.USelectUtheUbestUanswerUforUeach.
1. ThereUappearsUtoUbeUaUgrowingUhappinessUgapUbetweenUmenUandUwomen.UWomenUtodayUareUw
orkingUmoreUandUrelaxingUless,UwhileUmenUareUworkingUlessUandUrelaxingUmore.UFortyUyearsUagoU
aUtypicalUwomanUspentU40UminutesUmoreUperUweekUthanUtheUtypicalUmanUperformingUanUactivity
UconsideredUunpleasant.UToday,UwithUmenUworkingUless,UtheUgapUisU90UminutesUandUgrowing.
a. Argument;Uconclusion:UTodayU...UtheUgapUisU90UminutesUandUgrowing.
b. Nonargument.
c. Argument;Uconclusion:UFortyUyearsUagoU...UanUactivityUconsideredUunpleasant
.
d. Argument;Uconclusion:UThereUappearsUtoUbeU...UbetweenUmenUandUwomen.
e. Argument;Uconclusion:UWomenUtodayUareUworkingUmoreUandUrelaxingUless.
ANS:U D PTS:U 2
2. LeadUisUtoxic,UbutUdoUyouUknowUwhy?ULeadUisUtoxicUmainlyUbecauseUitUpreferentiallyUreplacesUothe
rUmetalsUinUbiochemicalUreactions.UInUsoUdoingUitUinterferesUwithUtheUproteinsUthatUregulateUbloodU
pressureU(whichUcanUcauseUdevelopmentUdelaysUinUchildrenUandUhighUbloodUpressureUinUadults),Uhe
meUproductionU(whichUcanUleadUtoUanemia),UandUspermUproduction.ULeadUalsoUdisplacesUcalciumUi
nUtheUreactionsUthatUtransmitUelectricalUimpulsesUinUtheUbrain,UwhichUdiminishesUtheUabilityUtoUthin
kUandUrecallUinformation.
AnneUMarieUHelmstine,U"YourUGuideUtoUChemistry"
a. Argument;Uconclusion:UItUinterferesUwithUtheUproteinsU...UandUspermUproduction.
b. Argument;Uconclusion:ULeadUisUtoxic.
c. Nonargument.
d. Argument;Uconclusion:UItUpreferentiallyUreplacesUotherUmetalsUinUbiochemicalUreaction
s.
e. Argument;Uconclusion:ULeadUalsoUdisplacesUcalciumU...UrecallUinformation.
ANS:U C PTS:U 2
3. AristotleUfocusedUonUclarifyingUtheUconceptUofUvirtueUitself.UHeUarguedUthatUitUwasUvirtuousUtoUchoo
seUtheUproperUamountUofUemotionUand/orUactionUcalledUforUinUaUparticularUsituationUandUthatUextrem
esUofUemotionUandUactionUwereUvices.UInUallUcommunitiesUthereUareUsomeUmenUofUpracticalUwisdo
mUwhoUhaveUtheUcapacityUtoUjudgeUwisely.UAristotleUarguedUthatUtheyUhaveUtheUcapacityUtoUfollowUt
heU"rightUrule"UwhateverUtheUsituation.
DavidUCooper,UValueUPluralismUandUEthicalUChoice
a. Argument;Uconclusion:UInUallUcommunitiesU...UcapacityUtoUjudgeUwisely.
b. Argument;Uconclusion:UAristotleUfocusedUonUclarifyingUtheUconceptUofUvirtueUitself.
c. Argument;Uconclusion:UTheyUhaveUtheUcapacityUtoUfollowU...UtheUsituation.
d. Argument;Uconclusion:UHeUarguedUthatUitUwasUvirtuousU...UwereUvices
e. Nonargument.
ANS:U E PTS:U 2
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