Logic Exam 1

A group of statements, one or more of which (the premises) are claimed to provide support for, or reasons to believe, one of the others (the conclusion)

(10) Warnings, Pieces of Advice, Statemetns of Belief, Statements of Opinion, Loosely Associated Statements, Reports, Expository Passages, Illustrations, Explanations, Conditional Statements

An argument incorporating the claim that it is impossible for the conclusion to be false givent that the premises are true.

An argument incorporating the claim that it is improbable that the conclusion is false given that the premises are true.

(5) Argument Based on Mathematics, Argument from Definition, Categorical Syllogism, Hypothetical Syllogism, Disjunctive Syllogism

(6) Prediction, Argument from Analogy, Generalization, Argument from Authority, Argument Based on Signs, Causal Inference

An argument in which it is impossible for the conclusion to be false given that the premises are true.

A deductive argument which it IS possible for the conclusion to be false given that the premises are true, the conclusion doesn't follow.

A claim that alleged evidence or reasons support or imply something.

A claim that something is true; a claim that evidence or reasons are being presented.

An inductive argument in which it is improbable that the conclusion will be false given that the premises are true

An argument in which the conclusion does not follow probably from the premises, even though it is claimed to.

Sound is a deductive argument that is is valid and has all true premises, if either condition is missing the argument is unsound.

Argumentum ad Baculum. Arguer threatens reader/listener.

Cogent is an inductive argument that is STRONG and has all true premises, if either condition is missing the argument is uncogent.