Flashcards in Definitions Deck (12)
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Attempting to find what premise or premises would have to be added to make the inference valid.
Unstated Premise
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A statement of the form "if ... then ....", where the "if", the antecedent is reliant on the "then", the consequent.
Conditional Statement
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A line of argument where the truth of the premises guarantees the truth of the conclusion.
Deductive Argument
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Where the truth of the premises only gives a high probability of the truth of the conclusion.
Inductive Argument
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Represents the relationship between the premise and the conclusion.
Inference
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True premises + validity of argument = Soundness
Sound Argument
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Comparing one thing to another due to their likeness to each other.
Analogy
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Words that bully us into accepting conclusions and premises when the reasoning is weak or flawed.
Clobber Words
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Where the premises imply the conclusion such that if the premises are true the conclusion must also be true.
Validity
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Mistakes or flaws in reasoning.
Fallacy
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Words or phrases whose role is to help identify the structure of the reasoning.
Structure indicator
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