Chapter 9 Review

Question 1

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

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belief

Question 2

The disclosure of information from God to man

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revelation (divine)

Question 3

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

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omni-present

Question 4

Independent of arbitrary standards; being without exception or qualification

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absolute

Question 5

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

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objective

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

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persuasive

Question 7

Pertaining to the belief that there are multiple gods.

Answer 7

polytheistic

Question 8

“A thing is itself” or “if A then A.”

Answer 8

Law of Identity

Question 9

Having confidence in something not perceived with the senses.

Answer 9

faith

Question 10

Applicable everywhere.

Answer 10

universal

Question 11

universal, invariant, abstract rules of correct reasoning

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laws of logic

Question 12

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

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speculation

Question 13

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

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illogical

Question 14

In accordance with our feelings or expectations

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intuitive

Question 15

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

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rational

Question 16

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

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character

Question 17

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.

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negation

Question 18

Comforming to the mind of God

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true

Question 19

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

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monotheistic

Question 20

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

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implications

Question 21

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

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stoicism

Question 22

true, justified belief

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knowledge

Question 23

In accordance with the laws of Logic: logical

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rational

Question 24

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.

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Law of the Excluded Middle

Question 25

To provide reasons for proposition.

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justify

Question 26

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

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reason

Question 27

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.

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extrapolate

Question 28

not changing over time

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invariant

Question 29

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

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qualitatively

Question 30

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

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quantitatively

Question 31

Contrary to the mind of God

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false

Question 32

A common error in reasoning.

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fallacy

Question 33

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.”

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Law of Non-contradiction

Question 34

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

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premises

Question 35

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

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inductive argument

Question 36

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

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special revelation

Question 37

The negation of a proposition, or the combination of the proposition and its negation. “A and not-A” is a contradiction.

Answer 37

contradiction

Question 38

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

Answer 38

conclusion

Question 39

A truth claim, may be true or false

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proposition

Question 40

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

Answer 40

inferences

Question 41

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

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Logic

Question 42

That which shows itself to be wrong. A self-refuting argument is one in which the conclusion is inconsistent with one or more of the premises.

Answer 42

self-refuting

Question 43

Disobedience to God

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sin

Question 44

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

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sovereign

Question 45

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

Answer 45

deductive argument

Question 46

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

Answer 46

conceptual

Question 47

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

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argument

Question 48

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

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premise

Question 49

Practical; based on what works regardless of theoretical considerations, principles, moral implications, or truth.

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pragmatic

Question 50

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

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abstract

Question 51

To go beyond

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transcend

Question 52

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

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emulate