Chapter 10 Review Flashcards
A philosophy advocating the repression of emotion and indifference to pleasure or pain.
stoicism
A positive mental attitude toward a proposition; something a person accepts as true
belief
Contrary to the mind of God
false
That which is suggested by evidence or reasoning. That which follows logically from something else
implications
___ is the study of the principles of correct reasoning. It is the way God thinks
Logic
In accordance with the laws of Logic: logical
rational
Comforming to the mind of God
true
To be ___ is to reason incorrectly. But god, by His nature always reasons correctly.
illogical
Having confidence in something not perceived with the senses.
faith
The disclosure of information from God to man
revelation (divine)
true, justified belief
knowledge
universal, invariant, abstract rules of correct reasoning
laws of logic
independent of the person; something that is the same for all people
objective
A truth claim, may be true or false
proposition
having supreme power or authority and not required to answer to any higher authority
sovereign
The disclosure of information from God to man contained in the Bible.
special revelation
Unbelievers too are made in the image of God, and hence have the capacity for ___ reasoning, God has given them knowledge as well.
rational
To copy or imitate; to match the characteristics of another.
emulate
Pertaining to the quality, kind, or nature of a thing, regardless of the amount or degree.
qualitatively
Pertaining to the amount, degree, or number of something.
quantitatively
Disobedience to God
sin
Conjecture, guess, or hypothesis, without sufficient supporting evidence.
speculation
The Bible reveals that human beings are made in God’s image, and therefore reflect some of His attributes, including the ability to ___.
reason
God always thinks correctly, and the Bible commands us to think like Him (Isaiah 55:7-8) and emulate His ___. (Ephesians 5:1)
character
A series of propositions where the truth of one is said to follow from the others
argument
A proposition in an argument that is taken as an accepted fact.
premise
The proposition in an argument that the person is attempting to prove
conclusion
Opinions formed from evidence; what people reason to be true or likely true from evidence or reason.
inferences
The tendency to induce belief or behavior in a person. An argument is one in which most people will accept the conclusion as true
persuasive
A good argument has true ___, and the conclusion follows from them.
premises
An argument in which the conclusion is certainly true if the premises are.
deductive argument
An argument in which the conclusion is likely to be true if the premises are.
inductive argument
A common error in reasoning.
fallacy
Independent of arbitrary standards; being without exception or qualification
absolute
Existing in thought as an idea but having no physical or material existence.
abstract
Abstract; existing within the mind such as a thought or idea
conceptual
not changing over time
invariant
“A thing is itself” or “if A then A.”
Law of Identity
The compound proposition “A and not-A” is always false. Or, “You cannot have A and not-A at the same time and in the same sense.”
Law of Non-contradiction
The compound proposition “A or not-A” is always true. Or, “Either A is true or not-A is true.” A proposition always has the opposite truth value of its negation.
Law of the Excluded Middle
The opposite proposition is formed by adding “it is not the case that” to the original proposition. It always has the opposite truth value of a given proposition.
negation
Able to exist or exert power at all locations in space at the same time.
omni-present
Applicable everywhere.
universal
To project or expand beyond known data or experiences based on patterns exhibited in known data or experiences; to infer unknown values or properties based on known values or properties.
extrapolate
To provide reasons for proposition.
justify
Pertaining to the belief or conviction that there is one and only one God.
monotheistic
Pertaining to the belief that there are multiple gods.
polytheistic
The negation of a proposition, or the combination of the proposition and its negation. “A and not-A” is a contradiction.
contradiction
In accordance with our feelings or expectations
intuitive
Practical; based on what works regardless of theoretical considerations, principles, moral implications, or truth.
pragmatic
That which shows itself to be wrong. A self-refuting argument is one in which the conclusion is inconsistent with one or more of the premises.
self-refuting
To go beyond
transcend
Something that appears clear to the eye or mind, though it may not be.
apparant
Those things that are required in advance; that which is necessary to a particular end.
prerequisites
The art or skill of speaking or writing effectively and persuasively (regardless of considerations of logic or truth).
rhetoric
Dependent on the thoughts or feelings of the individual.
subjective
___ is having confidence (or proof, or good reasons) for what you have not experienced with your senses. It is a confident expectation in that which is unseen (Hebrews 11:1).
Faith
