Introduction to Logic
If a statement is true, then it is true.
What is the Law of Identity?
A concept that is expressed precisely in one or more words.
What is a term?
A statement that gives the meaning of a term.
What is a definition?
A sentence that is either true or false.
What is a statement?
A statement cannot be both true and false.
What is Law of Noncontradiction?
When a word has more than more meaning.
What is ambiguous?
When a new word is invented, or an existing word is applied in a new way.
What is stipulative definition?
A statement whose truth value can be determined from the statement itself.
What is self-supporting statement?
The science and art of reasoning well.
What is Logic?
A word whose extent is unclear.
What is vague?
The theory about the term being defined.
What is a theoretical definition?
A statement that is always true because of its logical structure.
What is tautology?
Deals with the proper mode of reasoning.
What is formal logic?
Reduces ambiguity by providing a single, established meaning of a term.
What is a lexical definition?
Aimed at persuading the listener one way or another toward the term being defined.
What is a persuasive definition?
A statement whose truth value depends on evidence or information from outside itself
What is a supported statement?
Deals with the operations of thinking that are indirectly related to reasoning.
What is informal logic?
Seeks to make a more precise what was previously vague.
What is a precising definition?