Chapter 8 Review Flashcards
God always thinks correctly, and the Bible commands us to think like Him (Isaiah 55:7-8) and emulate His ___. (Ephesians 5:1)
character
In accordance with the laws of Logic: logical
rational
not changing over time
invariant
An argument in which the conclusion is likely to be true if the premises are.
inductive argument
true, justified belief
knowledge
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
The proposition in an argument that the person is attempting to prove
conclusion
To copy or imitate; to match the characteristics of another.
emulate
Comforming to the mind of God
true
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
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
The disclosure of information from God to man
revelation (divine)
Independent of arbitrary standards; being without exception or qualification
absolute
independent of the person; something that is the same for all people
objective
Pertaining to the belief that there are multiple gods.
polytheistic
Conjecture, guess, or hypothesis, without sufficient supporting evidence.
speculation
Existing in thought as an idea but having no physical or material existence.
abstract
An argument in which the conclusion is certainly true if the premises are.
deductive argument
Having confidence in something not perceived with the senses.
faith
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
A positive mental attitude toward a proposition; something a person accepts as true
belief
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
Applicable everywhere.
universal
A common error in reasoning.
fallacy
A philosophy advocating the repression of emotion and indifference to pleasure or pain.
stoicism
To be ___ is to reason incorrectly. But god, by His nature always reasons correctly.
illogical
having supreme power or authority and not required to answer to any higher authority
sovereign
A series of propositions where the truth of one is said to follow from the others
argument
A truth claim, may be true or false
proposition
Disobedience to God
sin
The disclosure of information from God to man contained in the Bible.
special revelation
Pertaining to the belief or conviction that there is one and only one God.
monotheistic
That which is suggested by evidence or reasoning. That which follows logically from something else
implications
“A thing is itself” or “if A then A.”
Law of Identity
Able to exist or exert power at all locations in space at the same time.
omni-present
Opinions formed from evidence; what people reason to be true or likely true from evidence or reason.
inferences
Unbelievers too are made in the image of God, and hence have the capacity for ___ reasoning, God has given them knowledge as well.
rational
Pertaining to the amount, degree, or number of something.
quantitatively
Abstract; existing within the mind such as a thought or idea
conceptual
___ is the study of the principles of correct reasoning. It is the way God thinks
Logic
Pertaining to the quality, kind, or nature of a thing, regardless of the amount or degree.
qualitatively
universal, invariant, abstract rules of correct reasoning
laws of logic
Contrary to the mind of God
false
To provide reasons for proposition.
justify
A proposition in an argument that is taken as an accepted fact.
premise
The opposite proposition is formed by adding “it is not the case that” to the original proposition. It always has the opposite truth value of a given proposition.
negation
