Lecture Flashcards
(36 cards)
Deductive
No way for premise to be true and conclusion false if argument valid
Inductive
Prob. true given premises but no guarantee
Inconsistency
Cannot both be true
Contradictory
Cannot both be false
Validity
Connection between premise and conclusion
Sound Argument
Deductive, valid, true
Copula
Links S and P
Quality
Affirm/Neg
Quantity
Particular/Universal
Contradictory Proposition
Differ in quality and quantity (1 true, 1 false)
Contrary
Differ in quality only (Cannot both be true)
Subalternates
Differ in quality only (Both true or false)
Subcontrary
Differ in quality only (Cannot both be false)
Distribution
Everything after neg
Mood
All, No, Some
Figure
Location of middle term
Form
Figure + Mood
Primary Subject
Subject matter under discussion
Analogue
Thing being compared to primary subject
Parable
Story w moral
Fable
Parable w animals/inanimate objects
Example
Give instance of particular subject matter
Formal Structure of Analogy
X is F. Y is similar to X, therefore Y is F also
Argument from Design
Proof of God based on analogy