Quiz 1

Question 1

Frege

Answer 1

Depressed

Question 2

Russel

Answer 2

Pipe

Question 3

Whitehead

Answer 3

Self explanatory

Question 4

Whether a statement is ACTUALLY T/F

Answer 4

Truth Value

Question 5

Argument

Answer 5

set of statements for which the premises are supposed to support/give reason for the remaining statement, the conclusion

Question 6

Premise indicators

Answer 6

As, since, for, because, given that, for the reason that, in as much as

Question 7

Conclusion Indicators

Answer 7

Therefore, hence, thus, so, we may infer, consequently, it follows that

Question 8

Valid

Answer 8

not possible to use the same form and for all premises to be true and conclusion to be false.

Doesn’t matter about the arguments: look at the FORM

Question 9

Counterargument

Answer 9

All true premises and a false conclusion

Question 10

Cogency (inductive reasonsing)

Answer 10

Inductively strong and all premises are true

Question 11

Increase strength of argument

Answer 11

larger sample size, narrow conclusion, more relevant similarities, fewer relevant dissimilarities

Question 12

Abduction

Answer 12

type of inductive, also explains truth of premises

inference to best explanation

Question 13

Smallest argument

Answer 13

1 premise 1 conclusion

Question 14

Tautologies

Answer 14

logically true, not possible to be false

Question 15

Self-contradictions

Answer 15

logically false, can’t be true

Question 16

Simple Sentence

Answer 16

1 subject 1 predicate

Question 17

Vocab

Answer 17

symbols ^ down carrot, –>, hook,

Question 18

Syntax

Answer 18

grammar, rules for combining symbols

Question 19

Semantics

Answer 19

rules that tell us what vocab means

Question 20

proof system

Answer 20

rules that tell us when we can deduce 1 sentence from language from another