(P) Seatwork 4.2

Question 1

Which of the following refers to a group of propositions of which one is claimed to follow others that provide supporting the truth of that one?
a. Inference
b. Hypothetical propositions
c. Argument

Answer 1

argument

Question 2

Which of the following propositions is defined to be different to categorical ones since it provides a tentative idea about the truth value of the statement?
a. Classified propositions
b. Categorical propositions
c. Hypothetical propositions

Answer 2

c. Hypothetical propositions

Question 3

In the propositions “if the temperature is cold, then it is winter.”, which of the following is considered to be the right disjunctive reductions of the proposition?
a. The temperature cannot be cold and it is winter at the same time.
b. The temperature is cold or it is winter at the same time.
c. The temperature is just cold but the temperature feels winter right now.

Answer 3

b. The temperature is cold or it is winter at the same time.

Question 4

Which of the following statements is false?
a. Not all the time the premise-conclusion indicators present an argument within them.
b. Every structured cluster of propositions is considered as an argument.
c. A conclusion can precede the statement’s premise.
d. Arguments can have a single premise and a conclusion that is expressed in separate statements.

Answer 4

b. Every structured cluster of propositions is considered as an argument.

Question 5

In what way can we determine the truth value of a conditional proposition?
a. Pick between choices presented in a proposition, to which one of them can be true.
b. Check on the antecedent whether it’s true, then assume that the consequence is true.
c. Only one of the concepts in the proposition
is true since both is not applicable in a real world set up.

Answer 5

b. Check on the antecedent whether it’s true, then assume that the consequence is true.

Question 6

Which of the following refers to a kind of hypothetical proposition containing two or more alternatives whish are so related, having one of them go be true?
a. Conjunctive proposition
b. Conditional proposition
c. Disjunctive proposition

Answer 6

c. Disjunctive proposition

Question 7

What connector is used mostly in conjunctive propositions to connect two concepts?
a. Or
b. And
c. Then
d. If

Answer 7

and

Question 8

Which of the following kinds of hypothetical proposition expresses a logical relationship between an antecedent and a consequent?
a. Conditional proposition
b. Conjunctive proposition
c. Disjunctive proposition
d. Categorical proposition

Answer 8

a. Conditional proposition

Question 9

Which of the following statements is true?
a. An example of a conclusion indicator is the use of the phrase “from may be deducted from”.
b. Deductive arguments have conclusions that is claimed to follow from the premises only
with probability.
c. All arguments have indicators present in them to easily detect the presence of the argument.
d. Some propositions in a passage are only considered to be as explanations and not arguments.

Answer 9

d. Some propositions in a passage are only considered to be as explanations and not arguments.

Question 10

In the proposition “You cannot be a graduate student and be illiterate at the same time.”. which of the following is the right conditional reduction of the proposition?
a. If you are a graduate student, then you cannot be an illiterate.
b. If you graduate, you are illiterate.
c. If you are a literate person, then you are an undergraduate.
d. If you are an illiterate, you didn’t graduate.

Answer 10

a. If you are a graduate student, then you cannot be an illiterate.