Logic 6. Flashcards
Quality
The positive or negative nature of its claim about the subject affirmative or negative.
Square of Opposition
A diagram of the basic relationships between categorical statements with the same subject and predicate
Contradiction
Two stastements are in contradiction if and only if they always have opposite truth values.
Contrary
Two statements are contrary if and only if they can both be false but cannot both be true.
Contrariety
Both statements cannot be true, but they can both be false
Subcontrariety
Two statements are subcontraries if and only if both can be true but both cannot be false.
Superimplication
The relationship between a universal and particular statement of the same quality in which the falsity of the particular necessitates the falsity of the universal.
Argument
A set of statements, one of which appears to be implied or supported by the others
Conclusion
The statement that appears to be implied by the other statements in the argument, which are called premises.
Syllogism
A deductive argument with two premises and three terms