Traditional Logic Review Intro-Chapter 1

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An argument can be true or false.

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False

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Define logic

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Logic is the art and science of reasoning well.

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What is truth?

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Truth is when something corresponds to reality.

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What is soundness?

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Soundness occurs when an argument is valid and all its premises are true.

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What is validity?

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When the conclusion of an argument follows logically from its premises, it is valid.

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What is sense perception?

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Sense perception is the act of seeing or hearing or smelling or tasting or touching.

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What is a mental image?

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A mental image is the image of an object formed in the mind as a result of a sense perception of that object.

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What falls under simple apprehension? Options: emotion, opinion, belief; argument, syllogism, inference; proposition, premise, conclusion; sense perception, mental image, concept

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sense perception, mental image, concept

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What does "concept" mean in logic?

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When we understand the essence of something, we have a concept.

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True or False--a concept and an image are the same thing.

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False