Chapter 1

Question 1

elenchus (cross-examination)

Answer 1

method of systematic study

Question 2

reducto ad absurdu (reduction to an absurdity)

Answer 2

goal is not to show your opponent is silly but show their view implies something that cannot be true

Question 3

syllogism

Answer 3

argument where certain things states (premises) something other than what was states (conclusion) follows necessity from their being so

Question 4

universal negative

Answer 4

no apple is a banana

Question 5

universal positive

Answer 5

every bug is an annoyance

Question 6

particular positive

Answer 6

some boy is an african

Question 7

particular negative

Answer 7

some animal is not human

Question 8

conditional statement

Answer 8

if then statement
-if=antecedent
-then=consequent

Question 9

what did stoics believe

Answer 9

all emotions arise from false judgements

Question 10

what is reason the only path to

Answer 10

true freedom

Question 11

soundness is

Answer 11

highest praise for an arguement

Question 12

fallacy of the strawman

Answer 12

when author refutes a simplistic substitute for his opponents argument rather than the argument itself

Question 13

innatism

Answer 13

holds knowledge comes from reasoning within the mind

Question 14

empiricism

Answer 14

knowledge comes from observations of the world