Logic 6. Flashcards

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Quality

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The positive or negative nature of its claim about the subject affirmative or negative.

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Square of Opposition

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A diagram of the basic relationships between categorical statements with the same subject and predicate

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Contradiction

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Two stastements are in contradiction if and only if they always have opposite truth values.

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Contrary

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Two statements are contrary if and only if they can both be false but cannot both be true.

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Contrariety

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Both statements cannot be true, but they can both be false

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Subcontrariety

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Two statements are subcontraries if and only if both can be true but both cannot be false.

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Superimplication

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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.

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Argument

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A set of statements, one of which appears to be implied or supported by the others

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Conclusion

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The statement that appears to be implied by the other statements in the argument, which are called premises.

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Syllogism

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A deductive argument with two premises and three terms

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