Intro to Logic
Some ways to determine a supported statement's truth value
What is authority, experience, and deduction?
Two statements that are both true at the same time
What is Consistent?
When there appears to be inconsistency
What is disagreement?
A statement that affirms or denies something about a given subject
What is a categorical statement?
a Universal Affirmative statement
What is All S are P?
A way to determine truth value of supported statements by looking to some trustworthy, authoritative source, such as Scripture.
What is authority?
Two statements are related if the truth of one requires the truth of the other.
What is implication?
A difference of opinion or perception
What is apparent disagreement?
Part of a statement which is the term being described, or about which something is asserted.
What is the subject?
A Universal Negative statement
What is No S are P?
A way to determine truth value of statements by our own senses: sight, touch, taste, smell, or hearing.
What is experience or observation?
Two statements are this if they imply one another
What is Logically equivalent?
A misunderstanding due to differing definitions for one or more words
What is a verbal disagreement?
Term in a statement that describes or asserts something about the subject
What is the predicate?
A Particular Affirmative statement
What is Some S are P?
A way to determine truth value in which we reason to some conclusion based on other statements
What is deduction?
Two statements are this if the truth or falsity of one has no effect on the truth or falsity of the other
What are independent statements?
This is the verb of being
What is: is, are, was, were, will be, being, been?
Part of a statement that identifies whether the statement is universal or particular
What is QUANTITY?
Particular Negative statement
What is Some S are not P?
A statement whose truth value depends on evidence or information from outside itself.
What is a supported statement?
An actual inconsistency between two statements: they cannot both be true at the same time.
What is real disagreement?
Translate statements into a form that uses the verb of being
What is analyzing statements using categorical logic?
Part of a statement that is the positive or negative nature of its claim about the subject
What is QUALITY?
All dogs are brown animals is what kind of statement
What is a UNIVERSAL AFFIRMATIVE?