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PHILOSOPHY_Lesson 4

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

it focuses its investigation for the validity of our arguements

(a)  

2.

arguements consists of?

(a)  

3.

One should investigate whether or not the premises that were laid down support the validity of the conclusion

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

4.

connection between premises and conclusion

(a)  

5.

one proves in a form of argument must be seen and observed in reality, otherwise it is false

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

6.

in logic, there are rules to follow in order to arrive at the correct?

(a)  

7.

the thesis or position argued

(a)  

8.

which povides the reasons for why the conclusion should be accepted

(a)  

9.

any ambigous declarative sentence about a fact (or non-fact) about the world

(a)  

10.

series of statements meant to establish a claim

(a)  

11.

a statement whose truth an argument is meant to establish

(a)  

12.

statement's truth value is either?

(a)  

13.

all statements have a truth value

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

14.

a statement used in an argument to establish a conclusion

(a)  

15.

2 types of reasoning

(a)  

16.

a deductive argument is VALID if its premises necessarily lead to its?

(a)  

17.

If you were to accept that premises are all true, you must accept that the conclusion is true.

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

18.

a deductive argument is SOUND if it's valid and you accept that all its premises are?

(a)  

19.

VALIDITY + TRUE/ACCEPTED PREMISES =

(a)  

20.

a good, convincing argument is sound

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

21.

inductive arguments are not?

(a)  

22.

a good inductive argument where the premises are true, the conclusion does not have to be true.

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

23.

inductive arguments are meant to make conclusion more likely or acceptable

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

24.

an inductive argument is STRONG if its premises make the conclusion?

(a)  

25.

If you were to accept that premise as true, you would have to accept that the conclusion was probably true

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

26.

an inductive argument is COGENT if it's___ and premises are____?

(a)  

27.

a good, convincing argument is cogent

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

28.

STRENGTH+ TRUE/ACCEPTED PREMISES =

(a)  

29.

faulty reasoning; falsehoods; bad arguments

(a)  

30.

fallacy usually follow certain (a)   , so there are several categories of common fallacies

31.

personal attack (appearance or buong pagkatao); committed when someone rejects a belief or argument on its source.

(a)  

32.

insisting the claim is true because a valid authority or expert on the issue said it was true, without any other supporting evidence offered.

(a)  

33.

3 kinds of appeal to authority

(a)  

34.

a kind of appeal to authority that is outside their expertise, not expert

(a)  

35.

a kind of appeal to authority that has an unspecified source used as an evidence

(a)  

36.

a kind of appeal to authority, what the majority believes is the truth; bandwagon; masa

(a)  

37.

makes us think that sometimes premises seem related to the conclusion, but they really aren't; being led down the wrong path

(a)  

38.

fear used as a primary motivator

(a)  

39.

distract from the truth of the conclusion by the use of pity; awa

(a)  

40.

argues that something is the case (true) since no one has shown that it is not the case (false); assume

(a)  

41.

when it assumes that one of 2 cases must be true, where in fact there are other options as well; limited choices, kung ano lang ang pabor

(a)  

42.

all or nothing false dilemma; perfect solution exists and you should search before taking actions; either perfect or rejected

(a)  

43.

attacking a helpless caricature of something; it often distorts the original by exaggeration

(a)  

44.

one thing will lead to another

(a)  

45.

any form of argument where the conclusion is assumed in one of the premises; circular reasoning

(a)  

46.

manipulation; sapilitan

(a)  

47.

part to whole

(a)  

48.

whole to part

(a)  

49.

assume that may be the only reason why it happened

(a)