Chapter 7 Review

Question 1

true, justified belief

Answer 1

knowledge

Question 2

Disobedience to God

Answer 2

sin

Question 3

Contrary to the mind of God

Answer 3

false

Question 4

Existing in thought as an idea but having no physical or material existence.

Answer 4

abstract

Question 5

The disclosure of information from God to man

Answer 5

revelation (divine)

Question 6

Abstract; existing within the mind such as a thought or idea

Answer 6

conceptual

Question 7

not changing over time

Answer 7

invariant

Question 8

To be ___ is to reason incorrectly. But god, by His nature always reasons correctly.

Answer 8

illogical

Question 9

independent of the person; something that is the same for all people

Answer 9

objective

Question 10

A common error in reasoning.

Answer 10

fallacy

Question 11

The Bible reveals that human beings are made in God’s image, and therefore reflect some of His attributes, including the ability to ___.

Answer 11

reason

Question 12

having supreme power or authority and not required to answer to any higher authority

Answer 12

sovereign

Question 13

The disclosure of information from God to man contained in the Bible.

Answer 13

special revelation

Question 14

Pertaining to the amount, degree, or number of something.

Answer 14

quantitatively

Question 15

Independent of arbitrary standards; being without exception or qualification

Answer 15

absolute

Question 16

A proposition in an argument that is taken as an accepted fact.

Answer 16

premise

Question 17

The compound proposition “A and not-A” is always false. Or, “You cannot have A and not-A at the same time and in the same sense.”

Answer 17

Law of Non-contradiction

Question 18

A good argument has true ___, and the conclusion follows from them.

Answer 18

premises

Question 19

To copy or imitate; to match the characteristics of another.

Answer 19

emulate

Question 20

universal, invariant, abstract rules of correct reasoning

Answer 20

laws of logic

Question 21

The compound proposition “A or not-A” is always true. Or, “Either A is true or not-A is true.” A proposition always has the opposite truth value of its negation.

Answer 21

Law of the Excluded Middle

Question 22

Applicable everywhere.

Answer 22

universal

Question 23

A series of propositions where the truth of one is said to follow from the others

Answer 23

argument

Question 24

The opposite proposition is formed by adding “it is not the case that” to the original proposition. It always has the opposite truth value of a given proposition.

Answer 24

negation

Question 25

Conjecture, guess, or hypothesis, without sufficient supporting evidence.

Answer 25

speculation

Question 26

Unbelievers too are made in the image of God, and hence have the capacity for ___ reasoning, God has given them knowledge as well.

Answer 26

rational

Question 27

An argument in which the conclusion is likely to be true if the premises are.

Answer 27

inductive argument

Question 28

Comforming to the mind of God

Answer 28

true

Question 29

The tendency to induce belief or behavior in a person. An argument is one in which most people will accept the conclusion as true

Answer 29

persuasive

Question 30

The proposition in an argument that the person is attempting to prove

Answer 30

conclusion

Question 31

That which is suggested by evidence or reasoning. That which follows logically from something else

Answer 31

implications

Question 32

\_\_\_ is the study of the principles of correct reasoning. It is the way God thinks

Answer 32

Logic

Question 33

Having confidence in something not perceived with the senses.

Answer 33

faith

Question 34

Able to exist or exert power at all locations in space at the same time.

Answer 34

omni-present

Question 35

An argument in which the conclusion is certainly true if the premises are.

Answer 35

deductive argument

Question 36

A philosophy advocating the repression of emotion and indifference to pleasure or pain.

Answer 36

stoicism

Question 37

Opinions formed from evidence; what people reason to be true or likely true from evidence or reason.

Answer 37

inferences

Question 38

Pertaining to the quality, kind, or nature of a thing, regardless of the amount or degree.

Answer 38

qualitatively

Question 39

“A thing is itself” or “if A then A.”

Answer 39

Law of Identity

Question 40

A truth claim, may be true or false

Answer 40

proposition

Question 41

God always thinks correctly, and the Bible commands us to think like Him (Isaiah 55:7-8) and emulate His \_\_\_. (Ephesians 5:1)

Answer 41

character

Question 42

A positive mental attitude toward a proposition; something a person accepts as true

Answer 42

belief

Question 43

In accordance with the laws of Logic: logical

Answer 43

rational