Traditional Logic 1: Chapter 4 Review

What is a subject term in a proposition?

• Something affirmed or denied about something else.

• The concept something is affirmed or denied about.

• The first word in a proposition.

• The affirmation or denial of a truth.

What is the definition of judgement?

• The mental act which unites or separates two concepts.

• The mental act which allows us to create a term.

• The mental act which results in comprehending a concept.

• The most significant mental act by which humans are capable of communicating with each other.

Which of the following is not a proposition?

• All dogs go to heaven,

• No dogs go to haven.

• Do dogs go to heaven?

• My dog was from heaven.

What is a proposition?

• A sentence that contains both a subject and a predicate.

• A statement that expresses truth.

• A sentence offering to do something for someone.

• A statement that is either true of false.

What is a copula?

• Someone training to be a police officer.

• The word in a proposition that expresses who or what you are discussing.

• The word in a proposition which expresses the connection or relationship between a subject and a predicate.

• The act of affirming or denying created by a proposition.

What are the three elements of any proposition?

• subject, predicate, direct object

• subject, predicate, statement

• subject, predicate, copula

• subject, predicate, term

Which of the following is not a proposition?

• Do your homework!

• Boys are wild!

• Snails move slowly!

• Politicians are untrustworthy!

What is the subject-term in a proposition?

• The term(s) which express what is affirmed or denied in a proposition.

• The term(s) which expresses the relationship between two concepts.

• The term(s) which express who or what the proposition is affirming or denying.

• The term(s) which express who is telling the truth.

What is the definition of logic?

• Logic is the art and science of thinking abstractly.

• Logic is the art and science of reasoning well.

• Logic is the art of winning an disagreement.

• Logic is the art and science of being correct.

Which of the following is a proposition?

• Do students study nightly?

• Students, study nightly!

• Students study nightly.

• Students purple at study with nightly.