Chapter 6 Review Flashcards
A proposition in an argument that is taken as an accepted fact.
premise
Opinions formed from evidence; what people reason to be true or likely true from evidence or reason.
inferences
___ is the study of the principles of correct reasoning. It is the way God thinks
Logic
having supreme power or authority and not required to answer to any higher authority
sovereign
A truth claim, may be true or false
proposition
Comforming to the mind of God
true
true, justified belief
knowledge
The Bible reveals that human beings are made in God’s image, and therefore reflect some of His attributes, including the ability to ___.
reason
A good argument has true ___, and the conclusion follows from them.
premises
God always thinks correctly, and the Bible commands us to think like Him (Isaiah 55:7-8) and emulate His ___. (Ephesians 5:1)
character
independent of the person; something that is the same for all people
objective
Contrary to the mind of God
false
To copy or imitate; to match the characteristics of another.
emulate
The disclosure of information from God to man contained in the Bible.
special revelation
Disobedience to God
sin
Having confidence in something not perceived with the senses.
faith
Pertaining to the amount, degree, or number of something.
quantitatively
A positive mental attitude toward a proposition; something a person accepts as true
belief
Conjecture, guess, or hypothesis, without sufficient supporting evidence.
speculation
Pertaining to the quality, kind, or nature of a thing, regardless of the amount or degree.
qualitatively
The proposition in an argument that the person is attempting to prove
conclusion
A series of propositions where the truth of one is said to follow from the others
argument
An argument in which the conclusion is certainly true if the premises are.
deductive argument
universal, invariant, abstract rules of correct reasoning
laws of logic
Unbelievers too are made in the image of God, and hence have the capacity for ___ reasoning, God has given them knowledge as well.
rational
The disclosure of information from God to man
revelation (divine)
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
In accordance with the laws of Logic: logical
rational
A truth claim, may be true or false
proposition
A philosophy advocating the repression of emotion and indifference to pleasure or pain.
stoicism
An argument in which the conclusion is likely to be true if the premises are.
inductive argument
To be ___ is to reason incorrectly. But god, by His nature always reasons correctly.
illogical
That which is suggested by evidence or reasoning. That which follows logically from something else
implications
A common error in reasoning.
fallacy
