Intermediate Logic

L

100

Negation symbol

What is a tilda

200

What the biconditional means in plain English

What is if and only if

300

The number of rows in a longer truth table needed for 4 variables

What is 16

400

What rule of inference does this argument represent?  If I am 16 then I can drive.  Therefore if I am 16 then I am 16 and I can drive.

What is Absorption?

500

A proposition that is always true due to its logical structure (every row of its truth table is true)

What is tautology

O

100

Conjunction symbol

What is a dot or period

200

What the conditional symbol means in plain English

What is if, then

300

What rule of inference does this argument represent? If I am sleepy then I should go to bed.  I am sleepy, therefore I should go to bed.

What is Modus Ponens

400

What rule of inference does this argument represent? If I lift weights then I will get stronger.  I do not lift weights, therefore I will not get stronger.

What is Modus Tollens

500

Words which combine or modify simple propositions to make compound propositions

What are logical operators

G

100

Disjunction symbol

What is a lower case v

200

What the disjunction symbol means in plain English

What is or

300

The number of rows in a longer truth table needed for 2 variables

What is 4

400

The letters C.P.A. stand for what

What is Conditional Proof Assumption

500

A proposition that is always false due to its logical structure (every row of its truth table is false)

What is a self contradiction

I

100

Conditional symbol

What is a sideways U

200

What the conjunction symbol means in plain English

What is and

300

What rule of inference does this argument represent?  I eat fruits, I eat veggies, therefore I eat fruits and veggies

What is Conjunction

400

I am a girl or I am a boy.  I am not a girl, therefore I am a boy.

What is Disjunctive Syllogism

500

An argument is this if the conclusion follows necessarily from the premises

What is valid

C

100

Biconditional symbol

What is three lines

200

What the negation symbol means in plain English

What is not

300

What rule of inference does this argument represent?  I like tea and coffee, therefore I like tea.

What is Simplification

400

What rule of inference does this argument represent? If I am hungry then I should eat.  If I should eat then I need food.  Therefore if I am hungry then I need food.

What is Hypothetical Syllogism

500

A proposition with only one component part

What is a simple proposition