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Which sentence is a non-proposition?
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- If the burglar did not go out the front door, they must have gone out a window.
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- The earth is the third planet from the sun.
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- Where are the keys to my car?
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- Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. -
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mANSWER: Where are the keys to my car? m m m m m m m




Did the company really close that deal? It has had a great year. Where is the presi
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dent right now? Let's go ask whether the deal was closed.
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In the above paragraph, which sentence expresses a proposition?
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- Where is the president right now?
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- Did the company really close that deal?
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- Let's go ask whether the deal was closed.
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- It has had a great year. - ANSWER: It has had a great year.
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Propositions - ANSWER: Statements that can be true or false.
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Non-propositions - m


ANSWER: Sentences that are not statements about matters of fact (or fiction).
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They do not make a claim that can be true or false.
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Which sentence expresses a complex proposition?
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- Birthday parties can be really fun.
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- The cat ate the food, but did not like it.
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- Too many employees are used to high-
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stress work environments in the United States.
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- Why did the monkey escape, and who is responsible? -
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mANSWER: The cat ate the food, but did not like it.
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If the computer is not fixed, then the company either needs to buy a new one or
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will not be able to keep up productivity.
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Which of the following breaks down the complex proposition above into the sim
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ple propositions?
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- If the computer is not fixed, then the company needs to buy a new one. Th
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e company will not be able to keep up productivity.
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- The computer is not fixed. The company needs to buy a new computer. Th
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e company will not be able to keep up productivity.
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- The computer is not fixed. The company either needs to buy a new one or wil
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l not be able to keep up productivity.
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- The company does not have enough computers. -
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mANSWER: The computer is not fixed. The company needs to buy a new com
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puter. The company will not be able to keep up productivity.
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Simple propositions - m m


mANSWER: Simple propositions have no internal logical structure, meaning whe
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ther they are true or false does not depend on whether part of them is true or false
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. They are simply true or false on their own.
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Complex propositions - m m


mANSWER: Complex propositions have internal logical structure, meaning the
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y are composed of simple propositions. Whether they are true or false depends
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mon whether their parts are true or false.
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If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to show up on time. How
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many times have we heard the manager complain about tardiness? Nobody likes
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a 7 a.m. start time, but it was in the job description. We should remind the new e
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mployee how important this is. m m m m



Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above paragraph?
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- The new employee wants to succeed.
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- How many times have we heard the manager complain about tardiness?
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- The employees look out for each other.
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- If the new employee wants to succeed, then they need to show up on time.
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- ANSWER: The new employee wants to succeed.
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The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this negatively affects ma
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ny of us. Many people are unsure exactly how their health insurance coverage wo
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rks and are not sure where they can go to get care. What can be done to improve t
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his? If changes are not made soon, the problem will only get worse.
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Which is a simple proposition that is expressed in the above paragraph?
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- Many people are not sure where they can go to get care.
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- The U.S. healthcare system is difficult to navigate, and this negatively affect
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s many of us.
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- What can be done to improve this?
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- Many people are unsure exactly how their health insurance coverage works and
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mare not sure where they can go to get care. -
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mANSWER: Many people are not sure where they can go to get care.
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Bad inferential structure -
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mANSWER: Every argument with the same structure as this argument is bad (inva
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lid or weak). The premises do not, in fact, demonstrate or maybe even support the
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conclusion. In other words, we can accept the premises as true without being com
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pelled to accept the conclusion. There is something wrong with this argument's ge
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False premise - m m


mANSWER: This particular argument has a premise/assumption that is false. The
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re is something wrong with this argument's particular content.
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Conclusion Indicators - m m


mANSWER: Therefore, so, it follows that, hence, thus, entails that, we may concl
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ude that, implies that, wherefore, as a result
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Premise Indicators - m m


mANSWER: Because, for, given that, in that, as, since, as indicated by
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"Since we cannot go out until the restaurant opens, and given that we are trying t
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o save money, we should just hang out here until closer to dinner."
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Which statements are the premises of the following argument? Choose 2 answers.
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- We cannot go out until the restaurant opens.
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- We are trying to save money.
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- We should just hang out here until closer to dinner.
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- We can have a good time without spending money. - ANSWER: -
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mWe cannot go out until the restaurant opens.
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- We are trying to save money.
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Most students in the class scored less than 70% on the exam. This means that the
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exam was too difficult to accurately assess student learning. Therefore, as exams
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