An argument which is both valid, and constructed of true premises.
What is "sound"?
100
The discipline that deals with the use of discourse to inform, persuade, or motivate an audience
What is "rhetoric"?
100
The symbol to indicate a conditional proposition.
What is " -->"?
100
The two parts that make up the base of the rhetorical triangle.
What are "sender and receiver"?
200
A syllogism which contains “if…then” hypothetical proposition as a premise
What is "hypothetical syllogism"?
200
An event or circumstance that means another necessary condition must also happen.
What is "a sufficient condition"?
200
p>q
~p
~q
What is "denying the antecedent"?
200
A formula which is true in every possible interpretation
What is "tautology"?
200
The logical connection between claims and the reasons supporting them.
What is "warrant"?
300
A or B
A
Therefore, it is not the case that B
What is "affirming a disjunct"?
300
The in this form, the major premise consists of conjoined conditional statements, and the minor premise asserts the truth of one of the two antecedents.
What is "Constructive Dilemma"?
300
The two kinds of proper relations between reasons and conclusions.
What are "strength and validity"?
300
The two parts of the conditional hypothetical proposition.
What is "antecedent and consequent"?
300
The fallacy that a proposition is true simply on the basis that it has not been proved false or that it is false simply because it has not been proved true.
What is "Appeal to Ignorance"?
400
If the antecedent is true and the structure is valid, the consequent is ....
What is "true"?
400
This family occurs when an argument's premises include the claim that the conclusion is true or assume that the conclusion is true.
What is "Begging the Question"?
400
Another term for "Denying the Consequent".
What is "Modus Tollens"?
400
The three basic parts of a Toulmin Argument.
What are "Claim, Grounds, and Warrants"?
400
p--> q
q-->r
p-->r
What is "classic hypothetical syllogism"?
500
If P then Q.
Q.
Therefore, P.
What is "affirming the consequent"?
500
If P implies Q, and R implies S, and either Q is false or S is false, then either P or R must be false.
What is "destructive dilemma"?
500
Fallacious reasoning that follows this form:
Person A has position X.
Person B presents position Y (which is a distorted version of X).
Person B attacks position Y.
Therefore X is false/incorrect/flawed.
What is "Straw Man"?
500
P-->Q, P
_______
.
. . Q
What is "modus ponens"?
500
Three parts to a valid hypothetical syllogism.
What is "Major premise, Minor premise, conclusion"?