STRUCTURE OF THOUGHT
ARGUMENTS AND ARGUMENTATION
LOGIC PRINCIPLES
FALLACIES
SYLLOGISM AND MODERN LOGIC
100

The elements that make up the structure of thought are....

Concept, judgment and reasoning.

100

Complete the following sentence.

This reasoning is expressed in several statements ________________ that lead us to a conclusion about the subject or idea treated.


Propositions.

100

What kind of logic principle is it?

It is impossible to affirm that proposition is true and false at the same time and under the same circumstances.

Principle of non-Contradiction.

100

Complete the sentence presented.

There are some types of misleading reasoning; where there is no logical relationship between premisses and conclusion, although sometimes it is not so easy to realize. Currently, these reasonings are called _____________________. 

Fallacies.

100

The syllogism structure consists of ______________________________ .

Its structure consists of three propositions: two of them correspond to the premisses and the third is the conclusion.

200

The intellectual capacity that is responsible for interrelate different views to solve problems, draw logical conclusions and new knowledge by establishing causal and logical connections between different ideas or between facts perceived by experience.

Reasoning.

200

It is a branch of philosophy which deals with the study of rules as well as the correct and valid forms of reasoning through various procedures and methods. 

Logic.

200

These propositions violate the Principle of ______________________.

"My neighbor is convinced that the Earth if flat, maybe it is."

Sufficient Reason.

200

What kind of fallacy is it?

Referring to any condition of the person who issues an opinion and ignoring the content of what he says, is often very common when we no longer have reasonable elements to refuse the argument.

Attack to the person.

200

What kind of propositions do you mean?

"All the dogs are white".


Type : A

(Universal Affirmative - All S is P.)

300

It is the mental process through which some particular qualities of an object are mentally separated to focus on specific common characteristics.

Abstraction.

300

The ___________________ is the central idea that you must defend or prove with reasons, which are referred to as premisses.

Conclusion.

300

What kind of logic principle is it?

It tells us that by having two statements that contradict each other, necessarily one of them must be false and the other true.

Principle of Excluded Middle (third excluded).

300

What kind of fallacy is it?

Everyone in my town thinks that raising animals to fight is not immoral.

Appeal to popularity fallacy.

300

This focuses on indicating the belonging or non-belonging of an element within a set, according to the properties it shares with it.

Class Logic.

400

It is the process of reasoning where from the relationship between two judgments or propositions is a new consequential proposition.

Inference.

400

I. Determine the conclusion for the following deductive arguments.

P1 All bacteria cause diseases.

P2 Escherichia coli is a bacterium.

∴ Escherichia coli is a bacterium.

400

What kind of logic principle is it?

To decide that a premiss is true or false, it is necessary to have reasons to support such a decision.

Principle of Sufficient Reason.

400

What kind of fallacy is it?

In making an argument, one of the premises is again and again established as a conclusion, and then the conclusion is changed to one of the premises.

This mechanism does not prove anything, but it turns over the same ideas over and over again.

Petition of principle.

400

This logic focuses on the relationships between a quantity and the propositions.

Quantificational Logic.

500

What kind of reasoning is it?

Major premiss: Trees are woody stem plants.

Minor premiss: Cedars are trees.

Conclusion: Cedars are woody stem plants.

Deductive reasoning.

500

He was a renowned American logician, and philosopher, summarizes the distinction between inductive and deductive inference.

Irving Copi.

500

These propositions violate the Principle of ______________________.

"Andrés was hesitant between studying medicine, psychology, or physics. Finally, he gave up psychology and medicine. Now he is studying the Physics career".

Excluded Middle.

500

What kind of fallacy is it?

The president said that economic reform would benefit all of us, so it must be true.

Appeal to authority.

500

Identify the major term.

P1 Worthy of respect are all the animals.

P2 My cat is an animal

∴ My cat deserves respect.

Major term : Worthy of respect are.

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