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19 Cards in this Set
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Logic
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The science and art of reasoning well.
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Law of Excluded Middle
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Any statement is either true or false.
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Law of Identity
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If a statement is true, then it is true.
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formal logic
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Deals with the proper modes of resoning.
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informal logic
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Deals with operations of thinking htat are indirectly related to reasoning.
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Induction
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Reasoning with probability from examples or experience to general rules.
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Deduction
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Reasoning with certainty from premises to conclusions
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Term
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Concept that can be expressed precisely.
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Definition
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Statement that gives the meaning of a term.
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ambiguous
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word with more than one definition
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vague
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word whose extent is unclear
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genus
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term that is more general, broad, or abstract than the original term and includes it.
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species
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term that is more specfic, narrow, or concrete than the original term and is included by it.
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precising definition
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seeks to make more precise what was previously vague or fuzzy
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stipulative definition
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when a new word is invented, or an existing word is applied in a new way.
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persuasive definition
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aimed at persuading the listener one way or another toward the term being defined
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lexical definition
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shows relationships or reduces ambiguity by providing a single, established meaning of a term
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mutually exclusive
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do not overlap
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exhaustive
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no other types exist
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