Chapter 9
Three ways in which statements can be converted into their logical equivalents are: Obversion, conversion, and ......?
What is contraposition?
This is the act by which the mind acquires new knowledge by means of what it already knows.
What is reasoning?
This is the major premise of the following syllogism:
All angels are created by God.
Gabriel is an angel.
Therefore, Gabriel is created by God.
What is: All angels are created by God?
The quantity of a statement has to do with whether the statement is universal or _________ ?
What is particular?
The author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is named....?
Who is Mark Twain?
To obvert a statement, you first change the quality of the statement. Then you negate the ________ ?
What is predicate?
These are the two kinds of reasoning.
What are deductive and inductive?
This is the minor premise of the following syllogism:
All angels are created by God.
Gabriel is an angel.
Therefore, Gabriel is created by God.
What is: Gabriel is an angel?
Rule III states that if a term is distributed in the conclusion, then it must be distributed in the ______?
What is premises?
The two concepts that a judgment unites or separates are called what?
What are the subject and the predicate?
The three-step method for contraposing a statement is:
1. Obvert the statement
2. Convert the statement
3. _________________
What is, obvert the statement again?
This is defined as a group of propositions in orderly sequence, one of which (the consequent) is said to be necessarily inferred from the others (the antecedent).
What is a syllogism?
The first terminological rule for syllogisms says that there must be ______ and only _______ terms.
What is three?
Distribution is the status of a term in regard to its _________.
What is extension?
This is a sentence or statement which expresses truth of falsity.
What is a proposition?
These two of the four statements can be converted.
What are I and E ?
These are the three terms contained in a syllogism.
What are the major term, the minor term, and the middle term?
The second terminological rule for syllogisms says that the __________ term must not occur in the conclusion.
What is middle term?
Rule IV states that the middle term must be distributed at least how many times?
What is once?
Man is an animal.
What is the subject of that statement?
Convert this statement:
Some men are happy.
What is, some happy things are men?
The Essential Law of Argumentation states that if the antecedent is true, then the _________ must also be true.
What is the consequent?
There are ______ rules of validity for categorical syllogisms.
What is seven?
When we violate Rule IV, we are said to have committed which fallacy?
What is the Fallacy of Undistributed Middle?
What is copula?