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If the premise provides totally conclusive support for the conclusion..
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then the conlcusion cannot be false
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It is possible for the premisses of an argument to be true, and the conclusion
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false!
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An argument where premise provides totally conclusive support for the conclusion is said to be
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true and valid
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even if the argument is good, and the premises are true, but the conclusion could still possibly be false...then
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the argument is invalid
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if the premises are true..the conlcusion has to be
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true
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An argument can be false and still be
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valid
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What is a sound argument?
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An argument that has true premises and is valid
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an argument with a false conclusion must be either...
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invalid or have at least one false premise
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"Water is wet" is _________True.
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analytically
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statements that are not analytic are said to be
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synthetic
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Platanic Forms are ________
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ideas, which have a perfect parellel in another world (i.e. traingles)
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According to plato, knowledge comes by way of
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recollection
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Aristotle believed that movement and time both
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never began, and never will end, for it is continuous
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4 kinds of Causes
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Aristotle believed that there are 4 things that cause something to cause into being
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Cause 1
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Material: substance, what something is made out of
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