ch. 11 Inductive reasoning

Question 1

What does ancedote prove?

Ancedote

Answer 1

Proves nothing

When people proves ancedote, they almost commit the fallicies

Question 1

A short narrative of interest or amusing

Ex: “I remember when I used to sit on my dad’s lap while he drove around town delivering mail.”
“Back in my day I had to walk three miles to the watering hole just to brush my teeth.”

Answer 1

Ancedote

Question 2

A matter of taste; cannot be true or false
NO truth value

Ex: “Bseball is more fun than basketball”

Answer 2

Mere beliefs

Question 3

Has a truth value; is either true or false

” Water can exist in 3 states: Solid, liquid, gas.”

Answer 3

True-value beliefs

Question 4

Something that exist and is the case
Make proposition true if it is correspond to it

Answer 4

Fact

Question 5

Belief
Perspective of the world

Answer 5

Opinion

Question 6

True proposition where one that stands in a relationship of correspondence with the reality to which if points

Answer 6

Correspondence theory of truth

Question 7

When an argument is deductive valid if and only the premises garuentee the truth of the conclusions

Answer 7

Sound argument