Definitions
A sentence that is capable of being true or false
What is Proposition?
True or False: Pick up the trash, or you will suffer the consequences
False
The premises provide some degree of support for the conclusion but certainly do not guarantee the truth of the conclusion
What is inductive argument?
An argument that has true premises and a false conclusion (Valid or Invalid)
What is invalid
Science that aims to identify principles for good and bad reasoning
What is Logic
Are you mad? is a proposition. True or False
False
The truth of the premises does not guarantee the truth of the conclusion or even provide direct support for the conclusion, the conclusion would (perhaps best) explain the premises
What is abductive argument?
False premises and a true conclusion. (Valid or invalid)
Valid
A branch of logic that represents how we ought to reason by using a formal language consisting of abstract symbols.
What is Symbolic Logic?
This is a proposition: Fernando works as the driver of NASA's UFO tracker. (True or False)
True
The truth of the premises guarantees the truth of the conclusion in this type of argument.
What is Deductive Argument?
False premises and a false conclusion (Valid or Invalid)
Valid
A series of propositions in which a certain proposition (a conclusion) is represented as following from a set of premises or assumptions
What is an Argument?
This is not an argument:
Evil exists. God does not exist. The devil will not harm you if you believe in God. (True or False)
True
This type of argument is:
(1) There is a closed bag on the table.
(2) There are some black beans next to the bag.
(3) Thus, those black beans came from that brown bag.
What is abductive argument?
This strategy is used to determine deductive validity
What is the imagination test?
The proposition or propositions claimed to follow from the premises
What is conclusion?
This is an example of an argument indicator.
What is
Therefore, I infer that, Since, So It follows that, Hence, In conclusion, For the reason that, Thus, Consequently In as much as, We deduce that, It implies, Ergo, We can conclude that
Three types of arguments
Which are, inductive, abductive and deductive?
An argument is ________if and only if all the premises are (in fact) true, and it is deductively valid.