Terms
A branch of logic that deals with proper modes of resoning
What is Formal Logic
A definition which shows relationships or reduces ambiguity by providing a single, established meaning of a term
What is lexical definition
3 types of self-supporting statements
What are; self-reports, true or false by logic and true or false by definition
A diagram of the basic relationships between statements with the same subject and predicate
What is the square of opposition
a particular form of organizing categorical statements into an argument or a deductive argument with 2 premises and 1 conclusion
what is syllogism
A branch of logic that deals with operations of thinking that are directly related to reasoning
What is Informal Logic
a definition which makes more precise what was vague or fuzzy
What is Precising definition
3 ways to determine the truth value of supported statements
What is authority, experience and deduction
what are the universal types of statements
what is A and E statements
the predicate term of the conclusion, used in one premise
what is major term
A term that is more general, broad or abstract than the original term and includes it
What is Genus
a definiton needed when a new word is invented or an existing word is applied in a new way
what is stipulative definition
3 types of disagreements
what are real, apparent and verbal
What are the particular types of statements
What are I and O statements
the statement in an argument which support or imply the conclusion
what is Premise
a term that is more specific, narrow or concrete than the original term and is included by it.
What is species
a definiton that aims in persuading the listener one way or another toward the term being defined
what is Persuasive definition
The ONE basic verb is categorical logic
What is Being (to be)
am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been
Name 2 of the types of truth values listed on the Squre of Opposition
What is contradiction, contrariety, subcontrariety, subimplacation or superimplication
the premise which contains the major term
what is Major Premise
Reasoning with probability from examples or experience to general rules as opposed to reasoning with certainty from premises to conclusions
What is Induction and Deduction
a definition given for a term, not when the word is unfamiliar, but when the term is not understood
What is theoretical definition
a statement which is always true because of its logical structure
What is tautology
Opposite truth values, one must be true and the other false
What is contradiction
a number from 1-4 identifying the placements of the syllogisms middle term
What is figure