Chapter 19 Review Flashcards
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
Something that appears clear to the eye or mind, though it may not be.
apparant
An argument in which the conclusion is certainly true if the premises are.
deductive argument
A positive mental attitude toward a proposition; something a person accepts as true
belief
Comforming to the mind of God
true
To go beyond
transcend
A proposition in an argument that is taken as an accepted fact.
premise
A series of propositions where the truth of one is said to follow from the others
argument
To provide reasons for proposition.
justify
the definition of a word found in a dictionary
lexical definition
The negation of a proposition, or the combination of the proposition and its negation. “A and not-A” is a contradiction.
contradiction
Applicable everywhere.
universal
An informal argument is cogent if the conclusion is likely to be true.
cogent
An argument in which the conclusion is likely to be true if the premises are.
inductive argument
A fallacious definition, not found in any dictionary, that is intended to persuade someone.
persuasive definition
A philosophy advocating the repression of emotion and indifference to pleasure or pain.
stoicism
not changing over time
invariant
Practical; based on what works regardless of theoretical considerations, principles, moral implications, or truth.
pragmatic
A good argument has true ___, and the conclusion follows from them.
premises
Those things that are required in advance; that which is necessary to a particular end.
prerequisites
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 disclosure of information from God to man
revelation (divine)
independent of the person; something that is the same for all people
objective
Pertaining to the belief or conviction that there is one and only one God.
monotheistic
In accordance with the laws of Logic: logical
rational
___ 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
The art or skill of speaking or writing effectively and persuasively (regardless of considerations of logic or truth).
rhetoric
Disobedience to God
sin
having supreme power or authority and not required to answer to any higher authority
sovereign
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
“A thing is itself” or “if A then A.”
Law of Identity
A common error in reasoning.
fallacy
The Bible reveals that human beings are made in God’s image, and therefore reflect some of His attributes, including the ability to ___.
reason
Abstract; existing within the mind such as a thought or idea
conceptual