Unit 1
The study of how we think and reason
What is Logic?
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
An argument who's conclusion follows with necessity
Deductive argument
dictionary definition of a word
What is lexical meaning?
When the evidence for the proposition is accessed through the senses
what is material evidence?
Assent to a proposition
what is belief?
to move someone to give assent or agree with a proposition
persuade
If p then q
What is the necessary conditional?
a word with two categorically different and unrelated meanings
what is equivocal?
when the evidence for the proposition is eye-witness testimony
what is dialectical evidence?
the inferential test
does the conclusion follow?
subjective
the subject experiencing the object
All and only members of a class of something, such as “dogs.”
what is a category?
a word with two distinct but similar meanings
What is analogical?
when there is no immediate evidence of the proposition but the evidence is another proposition that points to the proposition
What is indirect evidence?
the semantic test
what do the terms mean?
the object one is experiencing
objective
All S are P
What is a universal affirmative categorical statement?
a word with one and only one unique meaning
What is univocal?
When the evidence for the proposition is open to immediate observation of the fact asserted by the proposition
What is direct evidence?
the evidential test
are the premises true?
create an ethical or moral obligation to believe
prove
the predicate of the conclusion of a categorical syllogism
What is the major term?
when someone regards a word/term as "bad"
What is a term of disapprobation?
what is the absence of something that ought to be present?
what is a privation?