PHIL 240 TAMU EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS; GET IT 100% ACCURATE
Addition (ADD.) - correct answer- Given any statement,
you may INFER ANY DISJUNCTION THAT INCLUDES THAT
STATEMENT AS ONE OF THE DISJUNCTS.
An argument form is valid if? - correct answer- There are
no instances of that form in which all premises are true, but the
conclusion is false
Antecedent (logic) - correct answer- The FIRST
conditional element in a proposition.
ex.) "If Caesar conquered Gaul, he was a great general"
-Antecedent= "Caesar conquered Gaul"
Argument - correct answer- A set of sentences consisting
of one or more premises, which contain the evidence, and a
conclusion, which is supposed to follow from the premises
Association (ASSOC.) - correct answer- If we have a
string of conjuctions or a string of disjunctions, it DOES NOT
MATTER how they are grouped
, -does not apply for conditionals
-operators are either ALL conjuncts or ALL disjuncts
Biconditional Exchange (B.E.) - correct answer-
Equivalence between the BICONDITIONAL and the
CONJUNCTION of TWO conditionals
Characteristics of Replacement Rules - correct answer-
1.) They are SYMMETRIC
2.) May be applied to ANY PART of a formula
Commutation (COMM.) - correct answer- We are
permitted to REVERSE THE ORDER of the components in
disjunctions and conjuctions.
-not conditionals
Compound Sentence - correct answer- A sentence that
contains another complete sentence as a component
Conditional (definition) - correct answer- A formula that
asserts that "if" one thing (say, A) is the case, "then" another
(say, B) is the case.
VERIFIED ANSWERS; GET IT 100% ACCURATE
Addition (ADD.) - correct answer- Given any statement,
you may INFER ANY DISJUNCTION THAT INCLUDES THAT
STATEMENT AS ONE OF THE DISJUNCTS.
An argument form is valid if? - correct answer- There are
no instances of that form in which all premises are true, but the
conclusion is false
Antecedent (logic) - correct answer- The FIRST
conditional element in a proposition.
ex.) "If Caesar conquered Gaul, he was a great general"
-Antecedent= "Caesar conquered Gaul"
Argument - correct answer- A set of sentences consisting
of one or more premises, which contain the evidence, and a
conclusion, which is supposed to follow from the premises
Association (ASSOC.) - correct answer- If we have a
string of conjuctions or a string of disjunctions, it DOES NOT
MATTER how they are grouped
, -does not apply for conditionals
-operators are either ALL conjuncts or ALL disjuncts
Biconditional Exchange (B.E.) - correct answer-
Equivalence between the BICONDITIONAL and the
CONJUNCTION of TWO conditionals
Characteristics of Replacement Rules - correct answer-
1.) They are SYMMETRIC
2.) May be applied to ANY PART of a formula
Commutation (COMM.) - correct answer- We are
permitted to REVERSE THE ORDER of the components in
disjunctions and conjuctions.
-not conditionals
Compound Sentence - correct answer- A sentence that
contains another complete sentence as a component
Conditional (definition) - correct answer- A formula that
asserts that "if" one thing (say, A) is the case, "then" another
(say, B) is the case.
