Chapter 6 Review

Question 1

A proposition in an argument that is taken as an accepted fact.

Answer 1

premise

Question 2

Opinions formed from evidence; what people reason to be true or likely true from evidence or reason.

Answer 2

inferences

Question 3

___ is the study of the principles of correct reasoning. It is the way God thinks

Answer 3

Logic

Question 4

having supreme power or authority and not required to answer to any higher authority

Answer 4

sovereign

Question 5

A truth claim, may be true or false

Answer 5

proposition

Question 6

Comforming to the mind of God

Answer 6

true

Question 7

true, justified belief

Answer 7

knowledge

Question 8

The Bible reveals that human beings are made in God’s image, and therefore reflect some of His attributes, including the ability to ___.

Answer 8

reason

Question 9

A good argument has true ___, and the conclusion follows from them.

Answer 9

premises

Question 10

God always thinks correctly, and the Bible commands us to think like Him (Isaiah 55:7-8) and emulate His ___. (Ephesians 5:1)

Answer 10

character

Question 11

independent of the person; something that is the same for all people

Answer 11

objective

Question 12

Contrary to the mind of God

Answer 12

false

Question 13

To copy or imitate; to match the characteristics of another.

Answer 13

emulate

Question 14

The disclosure of information from God to man contained in the Bible.

Answer 14

special revelation

Question 15

Disobedience to God

Answer 15

sin

Question 16

Having confidence in something not perceived with the senses.

Answer 16

faith

Question 17

Pertaining to the amount, degree, or number of something.

Answer 17

quantitatively

Question 18

A positive mental attitude toward a proposition; something a person accepts as true

Answer 18

belief

Question 19

Conjecture, guess, or hypothesis, without sufficient supporting evidence.

Answer 19

speculation

Question 20

Pertaining to the quality, kind, or nature of a thing, regardless of the amount or degree.

Answer 20

qualitatively

Question 21

The proposition in an argument that the person is attempting to prove

Answer 21

conclusion

Question 22

A series of propositions where the truth of one is said to follow from the others

Answer 22

argument

Question 23

An argument in which the conclusion is certainly true if the premises are.

Answer 23

deductive argument

Question 24

universal, invariant, abstract rules of correct reasoning

Answer 24

laws of logic

Question 25

Unbelievers too are made in the image of God, and hence have the capacity for ___ reasoning, God has given them knowledge as well.

Answer 25

rational

Question 26

The disclosure of information from God to man

Answer 26

revelation (divine)

Question 27

The tendency to induce belief or behavior in a person. An argument is one in which most people will accept the conclusion as true

Answer 27

persuasive

Question 28

In accordance with the laws of Logic: logical

Answer 28

rational

Question 29

A truth claim, may be true or false

Answer 29

proposition

Question 30

A philosophy advocating the repression of emotion and indifference to pleasure or pain.

Answer 30

stoicism

Question 31

An argument in which the conclusion is likely to be true if the premises are.

Answer 31

inductive argument

Question 32

To be ___ is to reason incorrectly. But god, by His nature always reasons correctly.

Answer 32

illogical

Question 33

That which is suggested by evidence or reasoning. That which follows logically from something else

Answer 33

implications

Question 34

A common error in reasoning.

Answer 34

fallacy