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42 Cards in this Set
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Consistency |
When two statements can both be true at the same time, they have the relationship of consistency |
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Logic |
The science and art of reasoning well |
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Supported statement |
A statement whose truth value depends on evidence or information from outside itself |
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The law of excluded middle |
Any statement is either true or false |
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Self contradiction |
A statement that is false due to logical structure |
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The law of identity |
If a statement is true, it is true |
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Tautology |
A statement which is always true because of its logical structure |
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The law of non contradiction |
A statement cannot be both true and false |
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Self supported statement |
It's truth value can be determined from itself |
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Formal logic |
Deals with the proper modes of reasoning |
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Statement |
A sentence with truth value |
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Informal logic |
Deals with operations of thinking that are indirectly related to reasoning |
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Intension of a term |
The sum of all common attributes denoted by the term |
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Induction |
Reasoning with probability from examples and experience to general rules |
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Extension of a term |
the sum of all individual objects described by a term |
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Deduction |
Reasoning with certainty from premise to conclusion |
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Species of a term |
More specific, narrow, or concrete than the original term, and included by it |
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Term |
A concept that can be expressed precisely |
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Genus of a term |
More general, broad, or abstract than the original term, and includes it |
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Definiton |
A statement that gives the meaning of a term |
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Vague term |
Uncertain or unclear extent of the meaning of a term |
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Ambiguous term |
Having more that one menaing |
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Implication |
When the truth of one statement requires he truth of the other, they have the relationship of __ |
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Logical equivalence |
When two statements imply one another, they have the relationship of _ |
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Minor term of a syllogism |
The subject of the conclusion, used in one of the premises |
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Major term of the syllogism |
The predicate of the conclusion, used in one of the premises |
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Independece |
When the truth or falsity of one statement has no effect on the truth or falsity of the other,!they have the relationship of __ |
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Categorical syllogism |
A deductive argument consisting of three statements in categorical form that together use only three terms, called the major, minor, and middle |
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Real disagreement |
An actual inconsistency between two statements: they cannot both be true at the same time |
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Premises |
The statements which appear to imply the conclusion of an argument |
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Apparent disagreement |
A difference of opinion or perception |
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Apparent disagreement |
A difference of opinion or perception |
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Conclusion |
The statement which appears to be implied by the other statements in the argument |
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Verbal disagreement |
A misunderstanding due to differing definitions for one or more words |
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Verbal disagreement |
A misunderstanding due to differing definitions for one or more words |
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Argument |
A set of statements, one of which appears to be implied or supported by others |
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Subject of a statement |
A part of a statement that is being described, or about which something is asserted |
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Superimplication |
This is the relationship between universal and particular statement of the same quality, in which the falsity of the particular necessitates the falsity of the universal |
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Predicate of a statement |
A part of a statement that describes or asserts something about the other main term of the statement |
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Subimplication |
This is the relationship between a universal and particular statement of the same quality, in which the truth of the universal necessitates the truth of the particular |
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Quantity of a statement |
The scope of a statement's claim about the extension of the subject: universal (entire extension) or particular (partial) |
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Subcontraries |
Statements are __ if and only if both can be true but both cannot be false |
