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You (almost never) cannot prove a Certainty Conclusion from a __________
Premise - ANSWER -Possibility
A Certainty Conclusion will almost always require ________ Premises in order to
be valid. - ANSWER -Certainty
It is easy to prove Possibility Conclusion from _______ Premises - ANSWER -
Certainty
Possibility Premises can hypothetically prove a _________ Conclusion, but these
arguments are almost always _______. - ANSWER -*Possibility* Conclusion
almost always *invalid*.
Must be True is the same as ... - ANSWER -Cannot be False
Could be True is the same as ... - ANSWER -Not necessarily False
Must be False is the same as ... - ANSWER -Cannot be True
Could be False is the same as ... - ANSWER -Not necessarily true
The negation of *must* is... - ANSWER -Not necessarily
The negation of *not necessarily* is... - ANSWER -Must
The negation of *could* is... - ANSWER -Cannot
The negation of *cannot* is... - ANSWER -Could
, You split *and* when it is in the ________ condition, but you keep *and*
together when it is in the ________ condition - ANSWER -*necessary*
*sufficient*
You split *or* when it is in the ________ condition, but you keep *or* together
when it is in the ________ condition - ANSWER -*sufficient*
*necessary*
Group 4 logical indicators (5) — Negate Necessary - ANSWER -no, none, not
both, never, cannot, nobody
Group 3 logical indicators (4) — Negate sufficient - ANSWER -unless, until,
(either) or, without
Group 2 logical indicators (15) — introduces necessary condition - ANSWER -
Only, only if, only when, only where, always, requires, must, then, necessary,
required, depends, need (to), have to, essential, precondition
Group 1 logical indicators (10) — introduces sufficient condition - ANSWER -if,
when, where, all, the only, every, any, in order to, people who, each
De Morgan's law for finding the contrapositive of *and/or* statements - ANSWER
-1. Flip the necessary and sufficient conditions
2. Turn *and* into *or* (vice versa)
3. Negate
What are the 4 biconditionals indicators? - ANSWER -1. (either) or, but not both
2. if, and/but only if
3. ... but not otherwise
, 4. except
What are the *Always Together, Never Apart* Biconditional indicators? -
ANSWER -1. if, and/but only if
2. ... but not otherwise
What are the *Never Together, Always Apart* Biconditional indicators? -
ANSWER -1. (either) or, but not both
2. except
How would you fix the following Logical Statement/Embedded Conditional?
A -> (B -> C) - ANSWER -1. In the embedded conditional statement, take the
sufficient condition out
2. Change the first/main arrow to an *and*
A and B -> C
Rule for Embedded Conditionals? - ANSWER -1. move Sufficient out of
Embedded Conditional
2. Change main arrow to *and*
Whenever you see the word *many*, just think of the word... - ANSWER -
*some*
In Logical Reasoning, when you say something is *"defined as"* or *"the same
as"* or *"equivalent to"* etc, it is ... - ANSWER -A biconditional
*Stem:* The critic's conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is
assumed? - ANSWER -Sufficient Assumption
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You (almost never) cannot prove a Certainty Conclusion from a __________
Premise - ANSWER -Possibility
A Certainty Conclusion will almost always require ________ Premises in order to
be valid. - ANSWER -Certainty
It is easy to prove Possibility Conclusion from _______ Premises - ANSWER -
Certainty
Possibility Premises can hypothetically prove a _________ Conclusion, but these
arguments are almost always _______. - ANSWER -*Possibility* Conclusion
almost always *invalid*.
Must be True is the same as ... - ANSWER -Cannot be False
Could be True is the same as ... - ANSWER -Not necessarily False
Must be False is the same as ... - ANSWER -Cannot be True
Could be False is the same as ... - ANSWER -Not necessarily true
The negation of *must* is... - ANSWER -Not necessarily
The negation of *not necessarily* is... - ANSWER -Must
The negation of *could* is... - ANSWER -Cannot
The negation of *cannot* is... - ANSWER -Could
, You split *and* when it is in the ________ condition, but you keep *and*
together when it is in the ________ condition - ANSWER -*necessary*
*sufficient*
You split *or* when it is in the ________ condition, but you keep *or* together
when it is in the ________ condition - ANSWER -*sufficient*
*necessary*
Group 4 logical indicators (5) — Negate Necessary - ANSWER -no, none, not
both, never, cannot, nobody
Group 3 logical indicators (4) — Negate sufficient - ANSWER -unless, until,
(either) or, without
Group 2 logical indicators (15) — introduces necessary condition - ANSWER -
Only, only if, only when, only where, always, requires, must, then, necessary,
required, depends, need (to), have to, essential, precondition
Group 1 logical indicators (10) — introduces sufficient condition - ANSWER -if,
when, where, all, the only, every, any, in order to, people who, each
De Morgan's law for finding the contrapositive of *and/or* statements - ANSWER
-1. Flip the necessary and sufficient conditions
2. Turn *and* into *or* (vice versa)
3. Negate
What are the 4 biconditionals indicators? - ANSWER -1. (either) or, but not both
2. if, and/but only if
3. ... but not otherwise
, 4. except
What are the *Always Together, Never Apart* Biconditional indicators? -
ANSWER -1. if, and/but only if
2. ... but not otherwise
What are the *Never Together, Always Apart* Biconditional indicators? -
ANSWER -1. (either) or, but not both
2. except
How would you fix the following Logical Statement/Embedded Conditional?
A -> (B -> C) - ANSWER -1. In the embedded conditional statement, take the
sufficient condition out
2. Change the first/main arrow to an *and*
A and B -> C
Rule for Embedded Conditionals? - ANSWER -1. move Sufficient out of
Embedded Conditional
2. Change main arrow to *and*
Whenever you see the word *many*, just think of the word... - ANSWER -
*some*
In Logical Reasoning, when you say something is *"defined as"* or *"the same
as"* or *"equivalent to"* etc, it is ... - ANSWER -A biconditional
*Stem:* The critic's conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is
assumed? - ANSWER -Sufficient Assumption
