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Provable Questions Flashcards

1
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Conclusion (Correct Answer)

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A provable translation of the conclusion

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Conclusion (Back-up Plan)

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Is this a translation of the conclusion?

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Conclusion (Question Stem Keywords)

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  • Main point

- Main conclusion

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Inference (Correct Answer)

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The thing you can prove definitely must be true

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Inference (Back-up Plan)

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Does this have to be true?

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Inference (Question Stem Keywords)

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  • Must be true / follows logically
  • Inference
  • Properly inferred / properly be concluded / properly drawn
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Most Strongly Supported (Correct Answer)

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The thing you can prove is very. very, very likely to be true

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Most Strongly Supported (Back-up Plan)

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Does this pretty much have to be true?

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Most Strongly Supported (Question Stem Keywords)

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-Most strongly supported/suggests

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Fill-in (Correct Answer)

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The thing you can prove completes the author’s thought

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Fill-in (Back-up Plan)

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Does this have to be true?

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Fill-in (Question Stem Keywords)

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  • Completes/Concludes

- A blank at the end of the stimulus

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Controversy (Correct Answer)

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The thing you can prove the two speakers disagree about

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Controversy (Back-up Plan)

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Does the first speaker have to believe this is true/false? Does the second speaker have to believe this is false/true?

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Controversy (Question Stem Keywords)

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  • Point at issue
  • Point of disagreement
  • Disagree
  • Differing opinions
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Agreement (Correct Answer)

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The thing you can prove the two speakers agree about

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Agreement (Back-up Plan)

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Do both speakers have to believe this?

18
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Agreement (Question Stem Keywords)

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  • Agree on
  • Point of Agreement
  • Committed to agreeing
19
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Necessary Assumption (Correct Answer)

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The thing you can prove must be true, if the conclusion is true

20
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Necessary Assumption (Back-up Plan)

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If the conclusion is true, does this have to be true?

21
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Necessary Assumption (Question Stem Keywords)

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  • Necessary / depends / required / relies
  • Assumes / assumption
  • The conclusion does not follow unless
  • The argument assumes which one
22
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Method (Correct Answer)

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A provable description of what happened in the stimulus

23
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Method (Back-up Plan)

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Did this happen?

24
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Method (Question Stem Keywords)

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  • Argument proceeds by
  • Describes
  • Argumentative Technique / Method of Reasoning / Strategy of Argumentation
  • Responds by (in Debates)
25
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Argument Part (Correct Answer)

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A provable description of what the phrase is doing in the argument

26
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Argument Part (Back-up Plan)

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Is this what the phrase is doing?

27
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Argument Part (Question Stem Keywords)

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  • Role in the argument / Functions in the argument
  • Argument Part
  • The reference to / the statement that
28
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Classic Flaw (Correct Answer)

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A provable description of what the argument did wrong

29
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Classic Flaw (Back-up Plan)

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is this what’s wrong with the argument

30
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Classic Flaw (Question Stem Keywords)

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  • Flaw/flawed
  • Most vulnerable to the criticism on the grounds that it
  • Questionable technique employed
31
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Loophole Flaw (Correct Answer)

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A provable description of how the argument overlooked your loophole

32
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Loophole Flaw (Back-up Plan)

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Was it bad that the argument overlooked this?

33
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Loophole Flaw (Question Stem Keywords)

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Most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it + [Loophole Flaw prefix]

34
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Principle Conform (Correct Answer)

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Matching Example OR Matching Principle

35
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Principle Conform (Back-up Plan)

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Does this embody the principle OR does this underlie the example?

36
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Principle Conform (Question Stem Keywords)

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  • Principle / propositions
  • Most closely conforms
  • Illustrate
  • Situation / Example
37
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Parallel Reasoning (Correct Answer)

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The answer that is built around the same skeleton as the stimulus

38
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Parallel Reasoning (Back-up Plan)

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Does this match the stimulus?

39
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Parallel Reasoning (Question Stem Keywords)

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  • Parallel
  • Most similar
  • Pattern of reasoning
  • Analogy
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Parallel Flaw (Correct Answer)

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The answer the exhibits the same flaw as the stimulus

41
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Parallel Flaw (Back-up Plan)

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Does this match the flaw in the stimulus?

42
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Parallel Flaw (Question Stem Keywords)

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  • Parallel
  • Flawed/Dubious
  • Pattern of reasoning
  • Analogy

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