Test 1 REVIEW Flashcards
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A set of statements where some of the statements, called the premises, are intended to support another
Argument
Statements offered in support of a conclusion
Premises
The truth of the premises guarantees the truth of the conclusion is a ______ argument
Valid
Formally valid arguments have a are valid because
They have a specific form
Sound arguments
Are valid AND true
Inductive arguments are meant to
Make the conclusion Probably, but not guaranteed
Study of methods for evaluating whether the premises of an argument adequately support its conclusion
Logic
An argument that results from uniformly replacing the variables in an argument form with statements
Substitution instance
And if then statement
Conditional statement
The denial of a statement
Negation
Either or statement
Disjunction
1st/if statement in a conditional
Antecedent
2nd/then statements in a conditional
Consequent
An argument with an implicit premise or conclusion
Enthymeme
Oh word or phrase that stands for a class of things
Term
Elements in argument that increase it psychological persuasiveness without affecting its validity strength soundness or cogency
Rhetorical elements
A statement word or phrase that indicates of the arguer is tentative about A premise or inference
Hedge
Acknowledgment of a fact or possibility that might be thought to render the argument invalid week unsound or uncogant
Discount
A statement word or phrase that indicates that the author is confidence of a promote premise or inference
Assurances
A restatement of the premise or conclusion perhaps with slightly altered wording
Repetition
