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Unit 1
Unit 1 Test for Christopher Panza's Class.
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Philosophy
Undergraduate 1
02/02/2011

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Statement
Definition
to put forth a sentence as being true
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True Statement
Definition
A Statement that corresponds to reality.
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Argument
Definition
A collection of statements, one of which (the conclusion) is implicitly or explicitly claimed to be supported by the others (the premises)
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Inference
Definition
the affirmation of a conclusion on the basis of one or more premises
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Premise
Definition
Statements offered to support some conclusion
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Conclusion
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Deductively Valid
Definition
argument is one in which it is impossible for all the premises to be true and the conclusion false
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Inductively Strong
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argument is one in which it is not impossible for all the premises to be true and the conclusion false, but it is very unlikely or highly improbable
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Valid Logical Form
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If and only if no argument with that form has true premises and a false conclusion
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Sound
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When all the premises are true
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List three or more Premise Indicators
Definition
Since, Because, for, as, in that
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List three or more conclusion indicators.
Definition
Therefore, hence, thus, so, consequently
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Every Argument with a false conclusion is invalid
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False
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Every Argument with a false premise is invalid
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False
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Every argument with a false premise and a false conclusion is invalid
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False
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Every Argument with a false premise and a false conclusion is invalid
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False
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Every argument with a false premise and a false conclusion is invalid
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false
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Every argument with a false premise and a true conclusion is invalid
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True
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Every argument with a true conclusion is sound
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True
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Every Argument with a false conclusion is unsound
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true
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invalid
Definition
an inference that can lead one to affirm a false conclusion on the basis of true premises
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