PHILO

Match the following

• Argument

• Contains premise and conclusion

• Premise

• Sentences that can either be true or false

• Declarative

• Single statement

• Logic

• Study of correct and icorrect methods of reasoning

• Conclusion

• Set of statements

Match the following

• Soundness

• relationship of premises and the conclusion

• Entailment

• property of a valid argument with ALL true premises

• Validity

• the premise logically follows the conclusion

Which is better?

• Sound argument

• Valid argument

- All dogs are mammals.

- Some flowers are red.

- No reptiles are birds.

• Categorical Preposition

• Categorical Syllogism

• Syllogism

Answer explanation

denies all or some of the members of one category

Match the following

• Middle Term

• Contains the major term

• Minor Premise

• Subject of the conclusion

• Minor Term

• Occurs in each of the premises but not in the conclusion

• Major Premise

• Predicate of the conclusion

• Major Term

• Cont

All cows are mammals

All mammals are animals

Therefore, all cows are animals

• Minor Term

• all mammals are animals

• Middle Term

• all cows are mammals

• Major Premise

• cows

• Major Term

• mammals

• Premise

• animals

Major premise are usually listed first but not all the time

• True

• False

How many occurrences of the middle term in the premises of a categorical syllogism?

• 2

• 1

• 3

A term is __ when it refers to all members of the class

• Distributed

• Unconditionally True

Distribution

• The O

• Predicate is distributed

• The I

• Subject is distributed

• The E

• Neither the subject or predicate is distributed

• The A

• Both subject and predicate are distributed