D265 - WGU - Critical Thinking - Reason and Evidence || Errorless
Answers 100%.
PROPOSITIONS correct answers Are statements that can be true or false
Ex. Snow is a white.
NON-PROPOSITONS correct answers Are sentences that do not make a claim that can be true
or false.
Ex. Close the door
SIMPLE PROPOSITIONS correct answers They are simply true or false on their own.
(Example: Harry Potter wears glasses. The sky is blue.)
COMPLEX PROPOSITIONS correct answers Are composed of simple propositions. Whether
they are true or false depends on whether their parts are true or false. (Example: The sky is blue,
but it does not look blue to me right now. The cat ate the food, but he did not like it. The GDP of
Canada is either $3 trillion or $12 trillion.)
Words used to identify (single)Independent Propositions in a sentence/statement correct answers
AND, OR, EITHER, BUT, IF, THEN.
Argument correct answers A statement put forth and supported by evidence. (premises and
conclusion
PREMISE INDICATORS (Argument) correct answers BECAUSE, FOR, GIVEN THAT, AS,
SINCE, AS INDICATED BY.
, CONCLUSION INDICATORS(Argument) correct answers THEREFORE, SO, IT FOLLOWS
THAT, HENCE, THUS, ENTAILS THAT, WE MAY CONCLUDE THAT, IMPLIES THAT,
WHEREFORE, AND AS A RESULT.
DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS correct answers establishes a conclusion to be true by stating two
or more true premises that lead to the conclusion being true
Ex If A and B are true, then C must also be true
INDUCTION ARGUMENTS correct answers Arguments where the premises make the
conclusion probable.
-analogies, authority, causal inferences, extrapolations, etc.
INFERENCE TO THE BEST EXPLANATION OR ABDUCTION correct answers Arguments
where the best available explanation is chosen as the correct explanation.
FORMAL FALLACY correct answers Error in the structure or the argument
Argument where the conclusions do not follow from the premises.
When it's not raining the road is not slippery.
INFORMAL FALLACY correct answers Argument where the content of the premises is false
Concerns the informational content of an argument.
Premise: All Arabs are Muslims. Premise: All Iranians are Muslims. Conclusion: All Iranians are
Arabs
A FORMAL FALLACY IS A TYPE OF correct answers Bad Argument Structure
Which piece of information would be the most helpful to know in assessing the credibility of a
news story? correct answers Whether the name of the author and the publication are identified
Answers 100%.
PROPOSITIONS correct answers Are statements that can be true or false
Ex. Snow is a white.
NON-PROPOSITONS correct answers Are sentences that do not make a claim that can be true
or false.
Ex. Close the door
SIMPLE PROPOSITIONS correct answers They are simply true or false on their own.
(Example: Harry Potter wears glasses. The sky is blue.)
COMPLEX PROPOSITIONS correct answers Are composed of simple propositions. Whether
they are true or false depends on whether their parts are true or false. (Example: The sky is blue,
but it does not look blue to me right now. The cat ate the food, but he did not like it. The GDP of
Canada is either $3 trillion or $12 trillion.)
Words used to identify (single)Independent Propositions in a sentence/statement correct answers
AND, OR, EITHER, BUT, IF, THEN.
Argument correct answers A statement put forth and supported by evidence. (premises and
conclusion
PREMISE INDICATORS (Argument) correct answers BECAUSE, FOR, GIVEN THAT, AS,
SINCE, AS INDICATED BY.
, CONCLUSION INDICATORS(Argument) correct answers THEREFORE, SO, IT FOLLOWS
THAT, HENCE, THUS, ENTAILS THAT, WE MAY CONCLUDE THAT, IMPLIES THAT,
WHEREFORE, AND AS A RESULT.
DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS correct answers establishes a conclusion to be true by stating two
or more true premises that lead to the conclusion being true
Ex If A and B are true, then C must also be true
INDUCTION ARGUMENTS correct answers Arguments where the premises make the
conclusion probable.
-analogies, authority, causal inferences, extrapolations, etc.
INFERENCE TO THE BEST EXPLANATION OR ABDUCTION correct answers Arguments
where the best available explanation is chosen as the correct explanation.
FORMAL FALLACY correct answers Error in the structure or the argument
Argument where the conclusions do not follow from the premises.
When it's not raining the road is not slippery.
INFORMAL FALLACY correct answers Argument where the content of the premises is false
Concerns the informational content of an argument.
Premise: All Arabs are Muslims. Premise: All Iranians are Muslims. Conclusion: All Iranians are
Arabs
A FORMAL FALLACY IS A TYPE OF correct answers Bad Argument Structure
Which piece of information would be the most helpful to know in assessing the credibility of a
news story? correct answers Whether the name of the author and the publication are identified
