Statements
Consistency & Dissagreements
To Be, or Not To Be
All S are P
Categorical Statements
100
Question, Command, and Nonsense
What are 3 types of sentences that have no truth value and are not statements?
100
Two statements in which there is an actual inconsistency where both cannot be true at the same time
What is a real disagreement?
100
This is the key to analyzing statements using categorical form
What is translating the statements into a form of "to be"?
100
These letters stand for the subject and the predicate of a statement in standard categorical form.
What is S and P?
100

A statement that affirms or denies something about a given subject.

Categorical Statement

200
The type of sentence that is either true or false and is evaluated by having either a true truth value or a false truth value
What is a statement?
200
Real, Apparent, and Verbal
What three common types of disagreements?
200
Name three different verb tenses for the verb "to be"
Present (is, are), Past (was, were), and Future (will be).
200
This part of a statement describes the scope of its claim about the extension of the subject (universal or particular)
What is quantity?
200

Both the subject and predicate in a categorical statement must be this.

A noun phrase

300
A statement who's truth value can be determined from the statement itself
What is a self-supporting statement?
300
These are differences of opinions or differences of perception
What is apparent disagreement?
300
Translate this sentence so it only uses the verb of being: "angels we have heard on high"
"We have been angels-on-high-hearers".
300
This is the negative or positive (affirmative) nature of a claim
What is quality?
300

The truth of one requires the truth of the other

Implication

400
Two statements that have a conflict and cannot both be true at the same time
What are inconsistent statements?
400
These statements are not necessarily inconsistent. Perhaps different definitions may be used for the same word.
What are verbal disagreements?
400
Translate the sentence so it only uses the verb of being: "the forests will echo with laughter"
"The forests will be echoing with laughter places".
400
Translate the statement into standard categorical form and identify the quality and quantity: "there is none righteous".
"No person is a righteous person". Universal, Negative.
400

Both statements can be true at the same time

Consistent

500
This is the specific method that is used to determine the truth value of the statement "If you are reading this sentence then you can see".
What is deduction?
500
What is the difference between an apparent disagreement and a verbal disagreement?
An apparent disagreement is a difference of opinion, and a verbal disagreement is a difference of the definition of a word(s).
500
The three steps used to change statements into standard form
1) Identify and write down entire subject 2) Choose the "to be" verb that matches subject and predicate (S "to be" P) 3) Rewrite the entire predicate as a predicate nominative (not adjective)
500

These are the four standard categorical forms, including quality and quantity.

"all S are P" - Universal, Affirmative. "no S are P" - Universal, Negative. "some S are P" - Particular, Affirmative. "some S are not P" - Particular, Negative.

500
"The apostle Paul spent his life in Germany."

"The apostle Paul was never married."

What is the relationship between these two statements?

Consistent and independent

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