A CONCISE INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC 11TH
EDITION 2026 COMPLETE
◉ Argument. Answer: 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) (pg. 1).
◉ Statement. Answer: A sentence that is either true or false--in
other words, typically a declarative sentence or a sentence
component that could stand as a declarative sentence (pg. 2).
◉ Truth Values. Answer: The attribute by which a statement is
either true or false (pg. 2).
◉ Premises. Answer: The statements that set forth the reasons or
evidence (pg. 2).
◉ Conclusion. Answer: The statement that the evidence is claimed to
support or imply (pg.2).
◉ Conclusion Indicators. Answer: Words that provide clues to
identifying a conclusion: therefore, thus, consequently, accordingly,
so, hence, we may conclude, we may infer, implies that... (pg. 3).
, ◉ Premise Indicators. Answer: Words that provide clues to
identifying a premise: since, for, because, given that (pg. 3).
◉ Inference. Answer: The reasoning process expressed by an
argument (pg. 5). Dr. Anacker's definition: "movement of reasoning
from evidence to conclusion"; mental concept/event
◉ Proposition. Answer: The information content of a statement (pg.
5).
◉ Syllogistic Logic. Answer: A kind of logic in which the fundamental
elements are terms, and arguments are evaluated as good or bad
depending on how the terms are arranged in the argument (pg. 5).
◉ Modal Logic. Answer: A kind of logic that involves such concepts
as possibility, necessity, belief, and doubt (pg. 5).
◉ Expository Passage. Answer: A kind of discourse that begins with
a topic sentence followed by one or more sentences that develop the
topic sentence (pg. 18-19).
◉ Illustration. Answer: An expression involving one or more
examples that is intended to show what something means or how it
is done (pg. 19-20).
EDITION 2026 COMPLETE
◉ Argument. Answer: 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) (pg. 1).
◉ Statement. Answer: A sentence that is either true or false--in
other words, typically a declarative sentence or a sentence
component that could stand as a declarative sentence (pg. 2).
◉ Truth Values. Answer: The attribute by which a statement is
either true or false (pg. 2).
◉ Premises. Answer: The statements that set forth the reasons or
evidence (pg. 2).
◉ Conclusion. Answer: The statement that the evidence is claimed to
support or imply (pg.2).
◉ Conclusion Indicators. Answer: Words that provide clues to
identifying a conclusion: therefore, thus, consequently, accordingly,
so, hence, we may conclude, we may infer, implies that... (pg. 3).
, ◉ Premise Indicators. Answer: Words that provide clues to
identifying a premise: since, for, because, given that (pg. 3).
◉ Inference. Answer: The reasoning process expressed by an
argument (pg. 5). Dr. Anacker's definition: "movement of reasoning
from evidence to conclusion"; mental concept/event
◉ Proposition. Answer: The information content of a statement (pg.
5).
◉ Syllogistic Logic. Answer: A kind of logic in which the fundamental
elements are terms, and arguments are evaluated as good or bad
depending on how the terms are arranged in the argument (pg. 5).
◉ Modal Logic. Answer: A kind of logic that involves such concepts
as possibility, necessity, belief, and doubt (pg. 5).
◉ Expository Passage. Answer: A kind of discourse that begins with
a topic sentence followed by one or more sentences that develop the
topic sentence (pg. 18-19).
◉ Illustration. Answer: An expression involving one or more
examples that is intended to show what something means or how it
is done (pg. 19-20).
