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PROPOSITIONS - correct answers ✅Are statements that can be true or false u u u u u u u u u u u
NON-PROPOSITONS - u
correct answers ✅Are sentences that are not statements about matters of f
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act or fiction. They do not make a claim that can be true or false.
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SIMPLE PROPOSITIONS - u u
correct answers ✅Have no internal logic structure, meaning whether they a
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re true or false does not depend on whether a part of them is true or false. The
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y are simply true or false on their own. (Example: Harry Potter wears glasses. T
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he sky is blue.)
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COMPLEX PROPOSITIONS - u u
correct answers ✅Have internal logic structure, meaning they are compose
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d of simple propositions. Whether they are true or false depends on whether t
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heir parts are true or false. (Example: The sky is blue, but it does not look blue
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to me right now. The cat ate the food, but he did not like it. The GDP of Canada
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is either $3 trillion or $12 trillion.)
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Words used to identify Independent Propositions -
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correct answers ✅AND, OR, EITHER, BUT, IF, THEN.
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CONCLUSION INDICATORS - u u
correct answers ✅THEREFORE, SO, IT FOLLOWS THAT, HENCE, THUS, ENTAIL
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S THAT, WE MAY CONCLUDE THAT, IMPLIES THAT, WHEREFORE, AND AS A RES
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ULT.
PREMISE INDICATORS - u u
correct answers ✅BECAUSE, FOR, GIVEN THAT, AS, SINCE, AS INDICATED BY.
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DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS - u u
correct answers ✅Arguments where the premises guarantee or necessitate
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the conclusion.
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-mathematical arguments, logical arguments, arguments from definition.
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INDUCTION ARGUMENTS - u u
correct answers ✅Arguments where the premises make the conclusion pro
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bable.
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-analogies, authority, causal inferences, extrapolations, etc.
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INFERENCE TO THE BEST EXPLANATION OR ABDUCTION -
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correct answers ✅Arguments where the best available explanation is chose
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n as the correct explanation.
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FORMAL FALLACY - u u
correct answers ✅Concerns the structure of an argument
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INFORMAL FALLACY - u u
correct answers ✅Concerns the informational content of an argument
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A FORMAL FALLACY IS A TYPE OF -
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correct answers ✅Bad Argument Structure
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Which piece of information would be the most helpful to know in assessing th
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e credibility of a news story? -
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correct answers ✅Whether the name of the author and the publication are i
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dentified