Ch. 5 - Propositional Arguments
Chapter 9 - Analogical Arguments
Chapter 11 - Causal Arguments
Inductive/Deductive Terms
Miscellaneous
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This is what all propositional argument forms are classified as (inductive or deductive).
What is deductive?
100
This is what "Fn" stands for in the generic form of analogical arguments.
What is a feature?
100
This is the first premise in the generic form of a good causal argument.
What is E1 is correlated with E2?
100
This is what you call an argument where the author intends the premises to guarantee that the conclusion will follow.
What is a deductive argument?
100
Greg passing 5th grade is both a necessary cause and this sort of cause for his graduating high school.
What is a remote cause?
200
This is how you classify (valid/invalid) a propositional argument with the following form: (1) If S1, then S2 (2)Not S1 Tf, (3) Not S2
What is a fallacy?
200
This is what Einstein's analogy between the movement of a train and his theory of relativity is classified as.
What is an illustrative analogy?
200
My drinking water has this causal relationship to my living more than ten days?
What is a causal necessary condition?
200
This is what you call a deductive argument that passes the good form test.
What is valid?
200
"If you had to kill one person to save a thousand, then you would do it." is an example of this kind of nonempirical statement.
What is imaginary case?
300
This is what this propositional form is called 1) S1 or S2 (but not both) 2) Not S1 Tf, 3) S2
What is denying an exclusive disjunct?
300
This is what we call an analogical argument that compares two arguments.
What is a logical analogy?
300
My taking a bath has this sort of causal relationship to me having all-around good hygiene.
What is a contributory cause?
300
This is what you call an inductive argument which fails the good form test.
What is weak?
300
This is what we call a statement that contains at least one other statement.
What is a compound statement?
400
This is the name of the following propositional argument. "Sally walks her dog only if it is under 90 degrees outside. It is under 90 degrees today, so Sally probably walked her dog."
What is affirming the consequent (fallacy)?
400
This is what we call a statement that is not observable with our five senses.
What is a nonempirical statement or imaginary case?
400
A cause selected for special attention is called this.
What is primary cause?
400
This is what you call a deductive argument that passes the true premises test and the good form test.
What is sound?
400
This is the type of statement that can be put into the following form: S1 and S2
What is a conjunction?
500
This is a common fallacy having to do with how disjunctive syllogisms are set up.
What is the fallacy False Dichotomy?
500
This is the (Good Form test) term we would use to evaluate the feature "green hair" in the following analogical argument: "Sally had green hair, studied hard, and scored well on the test. Cindy had green hair and studied hard. Therefore, we can conclude that Cindy will score well on the test."
What is irrelevant similarity?
500
This is what the propositional form is called for a causal argument by elimination.
What is denying an exclusive disjunct?
500
This is what you call an inductive argument that passes the good form test and fails the true premise test.
What is not cogent?
500
These are the two ways events can be correlated.
What is binary and scalar correlation?
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