Test 6 Study Guide Quiz Formal Logic

Immediate Inference

• A statement that can be inferred directly from the same statement

• A statement that can be inferred directly from another statement

• A statement that can be inferred directly from a playtupus

• A star that can be inferred directly from another statement

Singular Statement

• You are a Buc-ee`s

  All you are a Buc-ee`s

• You are a Buc-ee`s?

  All you are a Buc-ee`s

• Piglets stomped on my dress

  Some piglets are stompers of my dress.

• If you like sharks, you will love baby shark doo doo doo doo doo

  All shark lovers will be lovers of baby shark doo doo doo doo doo

Indefinite Statement

• You are a Buc-ee`s

  All you are a Buc-ee`s

• You are a Buc-ee`s?

  All you are a Buc-ee`s

• Piglets stomped on my dress

  Some piglets are stompers of my dress.

• If you like sharks, you will love baby shark doo doo doo doo doo

  All shark lovers will be lovers of baby shark doo doo doo doo doo

Hypothetical Statement

• You are a Buc-ee`s

  All you are a Buc-ee`s

• You are a Buc-ee`s?

  All you are a Buc-ee`s

• Piglets stomped on my dress

  Some piglets are stompers of my dress.

• If you like sharks, you will love baby shark doo doo doo doo doo

  All shark lovers will be lovers of baby shark doo doo doo doo doo

He never did anything wrong.

• No times he did things were times he did wrong things.

• All times he did things were times he did not do wrong things.

• Some times he did things were times he did not do wrong things.

• You sit on a throne of lies!

  Everyone does wrong things!

Find Converse, Obverse and Contrapositive of this statement:

No emperors were philosophers.

• No philosophers were emperors (converse)

• All emperors were non-philosophers. (Obverse)

• No non-emperors were non-philosophers. (Contrapositive; invalid)

• No emperors were philosophers (converse)

What is the conclusion of this syllogism?

Some Christians are Calvinists, but no Christians are unbelievers. Therefore, some Calvinists are believers.

• Therefore, Some Calvinists are not unbelievers.

• Therefore, Some Calvinists are not believers.

• Therefore, Some Calvinists are unbelievers.