Chapter 1.2 Flashcards

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Illustration

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Expression involving one or more examples (how it’s done)

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Argument from example

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“Proving truth of..” Illustrations that are taken as arguments

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Explanation

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Expression that “sheds light” on an event of phenomenon

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Explanandum

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The statements that describes the events “to be explained” (sky is blue)

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Explanans

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Group of statements that “do the explaining” (b/c light rays are scattered …)

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Conditional statement

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“If…then….”

If something, then something else

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Antecedent

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“If” following up on it

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Consequent

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“Then” following up on it

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Sufficient condition

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“A” is sufficient for “b”

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Necessary condition

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“B” is necessary for “A”. “A” can’t occur without the occurrence of “B”

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Expository passage

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Begins with topic statement followed by one or more statements that develop the topic

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