Phil 201 Exam
Laws of Logic - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ The foundation of all reasoning. If they are not accepted as
true, then nothing we say or reason makes any sense. These laws are undeniable.
Law of Non-Contradiction - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Something cannot both be and not be at the
same time and in the same respect
Law of Excluded Middle - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Something either is or is not
The law of Identity - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Something is what it is.
Undeniable - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ These laws is what is undeniable
Premises - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ "Reasons" given in an argument to support their clame
Conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ The belief that one is trying to support
Inference - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ The relationship between the premises and the conclusion
Validity - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Refers to the structure of an argument, an argument is considered
valid if the conclusion follows from the premises, it is invalid if the conclusion does not follow the
premises.
Non-Sequiter - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ no sequence, it does not follow
Truth Value(Is it true or false) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Refers to the quality of the propositions in the
argument, arguments are valid or invalid but propositions are true or false.
Sound - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ An argument is sound if it is both valid and premises are true, an
argument may be valid and unsound but can never be invalid and sound, an argument is unsound if it is
either invalid or one or more of the premises are false.
Deductive Logic - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Form of logic made up arguments where(if valid) the
conclusion follows necessarily from, or is guaranteed by the premises.
Syllogism - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ The formal procedure for writing out a deductive argument.
Categorical Propositions - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A proposition that affirms or denies something in
terms of two categories: subject and predicate
Disjunctive Propositions - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A proposition which affirms or denies something in
terms of two alternatives(known as alternates) in the form of an "Either/or" statement
Alternant - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A term stemmed from an alternative
Hypothetical Propositions - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A conditional statement that affirms or denies
something in terms of an antecedent(usually expressed by "if") and a consequent(Usually expressed as
"then")
Pure Hypothetical Syllogism - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ uses only hypothetical propositions for the two
premises and the conclusion
Laws of Logic - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ The foundation of all reasoning. If they are not accepted as
true, then nothing we say or reason makes any sense. These laws are undeniable.
Law of Non-Contradiction - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Something cannot both be and not be at the
same time and in the same respect
Law of Excluded Middle - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Something either is or is not
The law of Identity - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Something is what it is.
Undeniable - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ These laws is what is undeniable
Premises - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ "Reasons" given in an argument to support their clame
Conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ The belief that one is trying to support
Inference - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ The relationship between the premises and the conclusion
Validity - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Refers to the structure of an argument, an argument is considered
valid if the conclusion follows from the premises, it is invalid if the conclusion does not follow the
premises.
Non-Sequiter - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ no sequence, it does not follow
Truth Value(Is it true or false) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Refers to the quality of the propositions in the
argument, arguments are valid or invalid but propositions are true or false.
Sound - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ An argument is sound if it is both valid and premises are true, an
argument may be valid and unsound but can never be invalid and sound, an argument is unsound if it is
either invalid or one or more of the premises are false.
Deductive Logic - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Form of logic made up arguments where(if valid) the
conclusion follows necessarily from, or is guaranteed by the premises.
Syllogism - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ The formal procedure for writing out a deductive argument.
Categorical Propositions - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A proposition that affirms or denies something in
terms of two categories: subject and predicate
Disjunctive Propositions - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A proposition which affirms or denies something in
terms of two alternatives(known as alternates) in the form of an "Either/or" statement
Alternant - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A term stemmed from an alternative
Hypothetical Propositions - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A conditional statement that affirms or denies
something in terms of an antecedent(usually expressed by "if") and a consequent(Usually expressed as
"then")
Pure Hypothetical Syllogism - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ uses only hypothetical propositions for the two
premises and the conclusion
