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Logic Vocabulary
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- 1Logicthe art and science of reasoning well
- 2Three Basic Laws of LogicExcluded Middle, Identity, Noncontradiction
- 3Law of Excluded Middleany statement is either true or false
- 4Law of Identityif a statement is true, then it is true
- 5Law of Noncontradictiona statement cannot be both true and false
- 6Formal Logicdeals with proper modes of reasoning
- 7Informal Logicdeals with operations of thinking that are indirectly related to reasoning
- 8Inductionreasoning with probability from examples or experience to general rules
- 9Deductionreasoning with certainty from premises to conclusions
- 10Syllogisma type of deductive argument in which the conclusion connects one category/term with another
- 11Termconcept that is expressed precisely in words
- 12Definitionstatement that gives the meaning of a term
- 13Ambiguoushaving more than one meaning/definition
- 14Vaguesomething with an unclear extent
- 15Genusa term that is more general, broad, or abstract than the original term and includes it
- 16Speciesa term that is more specific, narrow, or concrete than the original term and is included by it
- 17Mutually Exclusivewhen two or more things cannot coincide or overlap
- 18Exhaustiveno other types exist
- 19Extensionthe sum of all the individual objects described by a term
- 20Intensionthe sum of all the common attributes denoted by a term
- 21Types of Formal Logicinduction and deduction
- 225 Types of DefinitionsLexical, Precising, Stipulative, Theoretical, Persuasive
- 23Lexical Definitiontype of definition found in dictionaries
- 24Precising Definitiontype of definition that only applies to specific situations
- 25Stipulative definitiona definition only applied to a new word if it is widely accepted
- 26Theoretical Definitiona definition that explains a theory about the term being defined
- 27Persuasive definitiona definition that attempts to change the perception of the defined term/concept
- 28Genus and Species Hierarchya tool used to show ranking/relationships between terms
- 29Methods of Defining Termsdefining by synonym, example, genus & difference
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- 11th grade Logic Flashcards on Logic Vocabulary, created by Nali Gray on 14/09/2020.
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- Nali Gray · Sep 2020
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