ch 8-9 continued Flashcards

(49 cards)

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A graphic means of representing a categorical claim or categorical syllogism by assigning classes to overlapping circles is called a

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Venn Diagram

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Venn diagrams exactly represent the ______.

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four standard-form categorical claim types

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In Venn diagrams the circles represent what?

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the classes named by the terms

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Colored areas in Venn diagrams represent what?

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areas that are empty

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Areas containing X’s in Ven diagrams represent?

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areas that are not empty-that contain at least one item

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An area in a Venn diagram that is blank is one that

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the claim says nothing about; it may be occupied or empty

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A claim that INCLUDES one class or part of one class within another are _______.

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Affirmative Claims

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A claim that EXCLUDES one class or part of one class from another are _______.

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Negative Claims

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A- and I-Claims are examples of what claims

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Affirmative

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E- and O-Claims are examples of what claims

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Negative

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The main idea of ________ is to take an ordinary claim and turn it into a standard-form categorical claim that is exactly equivalent.

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Translation into Standard-Form

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We’ll say that two claims are _______ ______ if and only if they would be true in all and exactly the same circumstances-that is under no circumstances could one of them be true and the other false.

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Equivalent claims

basically they are saying the same things

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Every X is a Y translates to

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A-Claim: All X’s are Y’s

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Minors are not eligible translates into

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E-Claim: No minors are eligible people

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We translate: “ There were creatures weighing more than four tons that lived in North America” to

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I-Claim: Some creatures that lived in North America are creatures that weighed more than four tons

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When looking at a claim you do two things first

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  1. identify the terms
  2. identify whether its an A-E-I-O-Claim think carefully about what relation between classes is being expressed and then decide how that relation can be turned into standard form.
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identify the terms and what type of claim this is:

“Only sophomores are eligible candidates”

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Terms: Sophomores and eligible candidates
A-Claim: but there are two possibilities
-All sophomores are eligible candidates
-All eligible candidates are sophomores<—–this best represents

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All claims that are “Only X’s are Y’s” should be translated as

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All Y’s are X’s

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What word plays a crucial role in claims making us treat the claims differently

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only

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With the claim, “The only people admitted are people over twenty-one” what is the subject class?

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In this case a restriction is being put on the class of people admitted we’re saying that nobody else is admitted except those over 21. Therefore PEOPLE ADMITTED is the subject class

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The only people admitted are people over 21 is translated to

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All people admitted are people over 21

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All claims of the sort, “The only X’s are Y’s” should be translated

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All X’s are Y’s

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The word ONLY used by itself introduces the _____ ___ of an A-Claim

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predicate term

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The phrase THE ONLY introduces _____ ___ of an A-Claim

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Only matinees are half-price shows translates to
All half-price shows are matinees
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Matinees are the only half-price shows translates to
All half-price shows are matinees
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"I always get nervous whenever I take a logic exam." What is the claim
The claim is about times.
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I always get nervous whenever I take a logic exam translates to
All times I take logic exams are times I get nervous
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Whenever is a word that indicates
that you are talking about times or occasions as well as that you'll have an A-or E-Claim
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Whenever can indicate times or occasions as well as ___
places
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"He makes trouble wherever he goes" translates to
All places he goes are places he makes trouble
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Categorical claims are always about ___ classes
two
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Why is "Aristotle is a logician" hard to translate into standard form?
Because this claim specifies logicians as a class and aristotle as part of that class but categorical claims are always about two classes and aristotle isn't a class. (we certainly don't talk about some of aristotle being a logician).
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Translate "Aristotle is a logician"
All people identical with Aristotle are logicians
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Claims about single individuals should be treated as ___-claims or ___-claims
A-Claims or E-Claims
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People aren't the only things that crop up in individual claims. What else does
objects, occasions, places, and other kinds of things.
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Other claims that cause translation difficulty contain what are called ____ ___
mass nouns
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Boiled okra is too ugly to eat- can be translated to
All examples of boiled okra are things that are too ugly to eat
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If the claim "Socrates is Italian" is false, then, providing there is such a person as Socrates the claim "Socrates is not Italian" is
true
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A false A implies a true E and vice versa but only when
the claims are individual claims being treated as A- and E-Claims
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Translate: Every salamander is a lizard
A-claim: All salamanders are lizards
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Translate: Not every lizard is a salamander
O-claim: Some lizards are not salamanders
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Translate: Only reptiles can be lizards
A-Claim: All lizards are reptiles
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Translate: Snakes are the only members of the suborder Ophidia
A-Claim: All members of the suborder Ophidia are snakes
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Two categorical claims ___ to each other if they have the same subject term and the same predicate term
correspond
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A table of the logical relationships between two categorical claims that have the same subject and predicate terms.
square of opposition
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The A-and E-claims across the top of the square from each other can both be false, but they cannot both be true which makes them ___ claims
contrary claims
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The I- and O-claims across the bottom of the square from each other can both be true, but they cannot both be false which makes them ___ claims.
subcontrary claims
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The A-and O-claims and the E-and I-claims which are at opposite diagonal corners from each other are ___ ___ because they never have the same truth values.
contradictory claims