Chapter 1.1 Flashcards
Logic
Organized body of knowledge or science that evaluates arguments
Argument
is a group of statements, one or more of which (the premises) are claimed to provide support for, or reason to believe, one of the other (the conclusions)
Bad Argument
Premises do not support conclusion
Good argument
Premises do support conclusion
Statement
Is a sentence that is either true or false.
Truth Value
True or False
Premises
Set forth reasons or evidence
conclusion
The statement that the evidence is supposed to support
Inference
is the reasoning process expressed by an argument
Proposistion
meaning or information content of a statement
Syllogistic Logic
Fundamental Elements are terms
Modal Logic
Concept that involves possibility, Necessity, belief and doubt.