Laws
Any statement is either true or false.
What is The Law of Excluded Middle
the science and art of reasoning well
What is Logic?
a concept that can be expressed precisely.
What is a term?
A definition which shows relationships or reduces ambiguity by providing a single, established meaning of a term (fancy name for dictionary definition)
What is a lexical definition?
term that is more specific, narrow, or concrete than the original term and is included by it (a type, kind or example of the term)
What is a species?
If a statement is true, then it is true.
What is The Law of Identity?
branch of logic which deals with the proper modes of reasoning
What is Formal Logic?
A statement that gives the meaning of a term.
What is a definition?
definition that aims at persuading the listener one way or another toward the term being defined
What is a persuasive definition?
a term that is more general, broad, or abstract than the original term and includes it
What is a genus?
A statement cannot be both true and false.
What is The Law of Non-Contradiction?
branch of logic which deals with operations of thinking that are indirectly related to reasoning
What is Informal Logic?
word with more than one definition
What is an ambiguous word?
a definition which makes more precise what was vague or fuzzy (applies only to the situation in which it is used)
What is a precising definition?
the sum of all the individual objects described by a term
(how broad is the term?)
What is extension
connects one category (or term) with another (uses syllogisms)
What is Categorial Logic?
a word whose extent is unclear
What is a vague word?
a definition needed when a new word is invented or an existing word is applied in a new way
What is a stipulative definition?
the sum of all the common attributes denoted by the term
(how specific is the term?)
What is intension?
Connects entire propositions together in arguments
What is Propositional Logic?
a definition given for a term, not when the word is unfamiliar, but when the term is not understood
(often scientific or philosophical in nature)
What is a theoretical definition?