Good & Bad Reasoning

Question 0

What the premises of an argument are claimed to prove

Answer 0

Conclusion

Question 1

A reason offered in support of an argument’s conclusion

Answer 1

Premise

Question 2

Valid reasoning from justified premises (warranted premises) that include all likely relevant information

Answer 2

Cogent Reasoning

Question 3

A criterion of cogent reasoning requiring that the premises of an argument genuinely support its conclusion, either deductively or inductively

Answer 3

Valid

Question 4

A belief that is brought to bear in evaluating an argument’s cogency

Answer 4

Background belief

Question 5

One or more statements (premises) offered in support of another statement (conclusion)

Answer 5

Argument

Question 6

If an argument’s premises are true, then its conclusion must be true also

Answer 6

Deductively Valid Argument

Question 7

An argument whose conclusion goes beyond the claims made by their premises Inductively

Answer 7

Inductively Valid Argument

Question 8

Our most importatnt beliefs, taken together they enter into decisions of all kinds about what we do or believe

Answer 8

Worldviews of Philosophies