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Logic Vocabulary and Definitions

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fill in the blank: ______ is the science and art of reasoning well.

a)

Logic

b)

Proposition

c)

Premise

d)

Conclusion

2.

Fill in the blank: ______ is the science and art of proper modes of reasoning.

a)

Formal Logic

b)

Conclusion

c)

Inference

d)

Logic

3.

Fill in the blank: ______ is the science and art of operations of thinking that are indirectly related to reasoning.

a)

Informal Logic

b)

Formal Logic

c)

Deductive Reasoning

d)

Mathematical Logic

4.

Fill in the blank: A ______ is a concept expressed precisely in words.

a)

Term

b)

Sentence

c)

Paragraph

d)

Statement

5.

Fill in the blank: A ______ is a statement that affirms or denies something and is therefore either true or false.

a)

Proposition

b)

Equation

c)

Hypothesis

d)

Expression

6.

Fill in the blank: An ______ is a set of propositions in which one proposition (the conclusion) is affirmed on the basis of the others (the premises).

a)

Argument

b)

Equation

c)

Hypothesis

d)

Experiment

7.

Fill in the blank: A ______ is a proposition that provides evidence or support for the conclusion of an argument.

a)

Premise

b)

Hypothesis

c)

Valid Argument

d)

Sound Argument

8.

Fill in the blank: The ______ is the proposition that is affirmed or denied based on the premises.

a)

Conclusion

b)

Premise

c)

Assumption

d)

Inference

9.

Fill in the blank: ______ is the act of deriving a conclusion from premises.

a)

Inference

b)

Observation

c)

Prediction

d)

Assumption

10.

Fill in the blank: A ______ is an argument in which the conclusion logically follows from the premises.

a)

Valid Argument

b)

Circular Argument

c)

Weak Argument

d)

Ambiguous Argument

11.

Fill in the blank: A ______ is a valid argument with true premises.

a)

Sound Argument

b)

Circular Argument

c)

Weak Argument

d)

Invalid Argument