Chapter 8 Review

Question 1

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

Answer 1

character

Question 2

In accordance with the laws of Logic: logical

Answer 2

rational

Question 3

not changing over time

Answer 3

invariant

Question 4

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

Answer 4

inductive argument

Question 5

true, justified belief

Answer 5

knowledge

Question 6

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 6

persuasive

Question 7

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

Answer 7

conclusion

Question 8

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

Answer 8

emulate

Question 9

Comforming to the mind of God

Answer 9

true

Question 10

To project or expand beyond known data or experiences based on patterns exhibited in known data or experiences; to infer unknown values or properties based on known values or properties.

Answer 10

extrapolate

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

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

Answer 12

premises

Question 13

The disclosure of information from God to man

Answer 13

revelation (divine)

Question 14

Independent of arbitrary standards; being without exception or qualification

Answer 14

absolute

Question 15

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

Answer 15

objective

Question 16

Pertaining to the belief that there are multiple gods.

Answer 16

polytheistic

Question 17

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

Answer 17

speculation

Question 18

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

Answer 18

abstract

Question 19

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

Answer 19

deductive argument

Question 20

Having confidence in something not perceived with the senses.

Answer 20

faith

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

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

Answer 22

belief

Question 23

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 23

Law of Non-contradiction

Question 24

Applicable everywhere.

Answer 24

universal

Question 25

A common error in reasoning.

Answer 25

fallacy

Question 26

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

Answer 26

stoicism

Question 27

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

Answer 27

illogical

Question 28

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

Answer 28

sovereign

Question 29

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

Answer 29

argument

Question 30

A truth claim, may be true or false

Answer 30

proposition

Question 31

Disobedience to God

Answer 31

sin

Question 32

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

Answer 32

special revelation

Question 33

Pertaining to the belief or conviction that there is one and only one God.

Answer 33

monotheistic

Question 34

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

Answer 34

implications

Question 35

“A thing is itself” or “if A then A.”

Answer 35

Law of Identity

Question 36

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

Answer 36

omni-present

Question 37

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

Answer 37

inferences

Question 38

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

Answer 38

rational

Question 39

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

Answer 39

quantitatively

Question 40

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

Answer 40

conceptual

Question 41

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

Answer 41

Logic

Question 42

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

Answer 42

qualitatively

Question 43

universal, invariant, abstract rules of correct reasoning

Answer 43

laws of logic

Question 44

Contrary to the mind of God

Answer 44

false

Question 45

To provide reasons for proposition.

Answer 45

justify

Question 46

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

Answer 46

premise

Question 47

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 47

negation