Define Your Terms
Drawing proper conclusions from other information
Reasoning
The Law of Identity
This relationship states that both statements can be true at the same time.
Consistency
The "A" statement is written this way in standard form.
All S is P.
These are the three errors to avoid when creating genus and species definitions.
Overlapping
This definition seeks to influence the attitudes or emotions of an audience.
Persuasive
This is an example of a non-statement.
Question, command or nonsense
Two statements that imply each other are related this way.
Logical equivalence
This is the particular negative statement.
O: Some S is not P.
This is the sum of the common attributes of a term.
Intension
The three basic ways to define terms.
Example, synonym, genus & difference
Another name for a statement that is always true by logical structure.
A tautology
This is the relationship between two statements where the truth of one necessitates the truth of the other.
Implication
If "All astronauts are men" is false, what does that tell us about "No astronauts are men"?
We don't know the statement's truth value.
These are the three errors to avoid when creating genus and species definitions.
Overlapping species, ambiguous terms, using parts of a term not the whole term
A sentence with a truth value.
A statement
This is a statement whose truth value depends upon evidence or information from outside itself.
A supported statement
This is an actual inconsistency between two statements.
A real disagreement
Two statements are related by _________ if and only if both can be true but both cannot be false.
Subcontrariety
What hymn writer and logician identified and described six methods "whereby truth is let into the mind." (Page 66)
Isaac Watts
This is an actual inconsistency between two statements.
A real disagreement
This kind of statement either affirms or denies something about a given subject.
A categorical statement
What is the best method to use to determine if this statement is true or not, "The leaning tower will fall down."
Deduction
This is the positive or negative nature of its claim about the subject
In his book, "Prior Analytics" this author introduced key terms such as syllogism, premise, major, minor, & middle terms. (Page 146)
Aristotle