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Philosophy first quiz
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- 1The study of methods for evaluating whether the premises of an argument adequately support its conclusionLogic
- 2A declarative sentence that is either true or falseStatement
- 3A set of statements where some of the statements, called the premises, are intended to support another called the conclusionArgument
- 4Argument in which if all premises are true, so is the conclusionValid argument
- 5A valid argument with all true premisesSound argument
- 6The premises are intended to guarantee the conclusionInductively strong argument
- 7The premises are tinted to make the conclusion probable, without guaranteeing itInductively Cogent Argument
- 8The study of methods for evaluating whether the premises of an argument guarantee its conclusionDeductive logic
- 9The study of methods for evaluating whether the premises of an argument make the conclusion probable, without guaranteeing it.Inductive logic
- 10Pattern of reasoningArgument form
- 11An argument that results from uniformly replacing variables in that form with statements (or terms)Substitutional instance of an argument form
- 12One in which every substitutional instance is a valid argumentValid Argument form
- 13One that has some invalid substitutional instancesinvalid argument form
- 14One that is valid in its own formFormally valid argument
- 15Denial in a statement (it is not the case that A...)Negatation
- 16An if-then statementConditional Statement
- 17The if-clause of a conditional statementAntecedent
- 18The then-clause of a conditional statementConsequent
- 19An either-or statementDisjunction
- 20The component statements of a disjunction ---- either A or BDijuncts
- 21A word or phrase that stands for a class of thingsTerm
- 22To an argument form is a substitution instance in which the premises are true and the conclusion is falseCounterexample
- 23To an argument form is a substitution instance in which the premises are well-known truths and the conclusion is a well-known falsehood.A good counterexample
- 24If A then B A So, BModus Ponens
- 25If A then B Not B So not AModus Tollens
- 26Either A or B If A then C If B then D Either C or DConstructive Dilemma
- 27If A then B If B then C If A then CHypothetical Syllogism
- 28Either A or B Not A | Not B So B | So ADisjunctive Syllogism
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- Flashcards on Philosophy first quiz, created by Ian Gillen on 06/09/2018.
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- Ian Gillen · Sep 2018
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