Terms
Examples
Fallacies
Categorical Statements
Syllogisms
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The science and art of reasoning well.
What is Logic?
100
"John eats turnips."
"John is a turnip eater."
What is a Verb of Being?
100
You do it too.
What is Tu Quoque?
100
William eats spiders.
All William is a spider eater.
(We got Will's consent to create this question.)
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IAE-1
Some M is P.
All S is M.
No S is P.
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Any statement is either true or false.
What is the law of the excluded middle?
200
"All P is M."
"No S is M."
"Some S is not P."
What is AEO-2?
200
Ad Baculum.
What is a thinly veiled threat?
200
The dog is running through the woods.
Some dog is a through-woods runner.
200
IAO-2
Some P is M.
All S is M.
Some S are not P.
300
An argument in which a statement is unstated and assumed.
What is an enthymeme?
300
"If P, then Q."
"Not Q."
"Therefore, not P."
What is a Modus Tollens?
300
"But I'm right! The sky is red, and you have to believe me! I just lost my job, and custody over my children, so at least let me be right in this single aspect of life!!!"
What is Ad Misericordiam?
300
Genevieve's glasses are purple.
All Genevieve's glasses are purple glasses.
300
All M is P.
Some M is not S.
No S is P.
AOE-3
400
Two statements are ________ if and only if they can both be false but cannot both be true.
What is Contrariety?
400
"If you were a gorilla, then you would have two legs."
"You are not a gorilla."
"Therefore, you do not have two legs."
What is Denying the Antecedent?
400
Teenage Boy:
"Dads who prefer courtship to dating just want to control everything and every aspect about their daughters' lives."
What is a Straw Man?
400
John writes letters only when he is sad.
Any time John is a letter writer is a time where John is a sad person.
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Yes.
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The ____________ is a diagram of the basic relationships between categorical statements with the same subject and predicate.
What is the Square of Opposition?
500
"Some dogs are playful animals."
"All dogs are mammals."
"Therefore, some mammals are playful animals."
What is IAI-3?
500
"If you don't use curlicue light bulbs, you'll be responsible when the ice melts and all the polar bears drown, and (presumably) Greenland breaks off and floats into the middle of the Atlantic!"
What is a Slippery Slope?
500
"Some billionaires are not bees."
This billionaire isn't a bee!
500
"Panda at Chinese Zoo having trouble giving pregnant. Professional Veterinarian takes over."
"Volunteers needed to help torture survivors."
"Tuna biting off west coast."
Amphiboly! Our favorite one!