WEEK 1

Question 1

argument

Answer 1

collection of truth-bears (things that are true or false) some of which are offered as reasons for one of them, the conclusion

Question 2

premises

Answer 2

reasons offered within an argument

Question 3

conclusion

Answer 3

proposition that premises are offered for

Question 4

validity

Answer 4

deductive argument said to be valid if and only if it takes a form that makes it impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion to be false

Question 5

soundness

Answer 5

deductive argument said to be sound if and only if it is both valid, and all of its premises are actually true

Question 6

inference

Answer 6

logical conclusion that is drawn from premises that are or are assumed to be true

Question 7

implication

Answer 7

• relationship between two propositions in which the second is a logical consequence of this first
• if A, then B

Question 8

entailment

Answer 8

premises logically entails a conclusion if when A is true B must also be true

Question 9

contradiction

Answer 9

conjunction in the form “A and not A”

Question 10

conceptual scheme

Answer 10

• general system of concepts which shape thoughts and perceptions including:
  
  • Spatial and temporal relationship between events and enduring objects
  • Causal relations
  • Other poeple
  • Meaning behind utterances of others

Question 11

frame of thought

Answer 11

• consists of
  
  • mental Representations
  • Interpretations
  • Simplifications of reality