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| the study of the formal structures of sound thinking |
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| a group of statements one or more of which (the premises) are claimed to provide support for,or reasons to believe, one of the others (the conclusion) |
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| the statements that set forth the reasons or evidence |
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| the statement that evidence is claimed to support for imply |
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| a sentence that is either true or false of declarative evidence |
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statement are either_____ or _____ |
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arguments are either ________ or ________ |
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-sound argument -true premises -valid |
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-cogent arguement -strong -true premises |
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| an argument in which the arguer claims that it is IMPOSSIBLE for the conclusion to be false given that premises are tre |
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| an argument in which the arguer claims that it is IMPROBABLE that the conclusion be false given that the premises are true. |
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| Deductive/Valid arguements |
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| -an argument is such that if the premises are true( if we assume the premises are true the conclusion are true) |
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| a deductive argument that is valid and has all true premises |
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(all are unsound) arguement is possible for the premises to be false |
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| which it is improbable that the conclusion be false given that the premises are true |
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| an inductive argument that is strong and has all true premises |
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| (all are uncogent) an arguement in which the conclusion does not follow probably from the premises een though it is claimed to be |
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Deductive Arguement forms CATEGORICAL SYLLOGISM |
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| is a syllogism in which each statement begins with one of the words "All","no", or "some" |
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Catergorical Propositions |
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| A propistion that relates two classes or categories |
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All S are p No S are P Some S are P Some S are not P |
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| Subject and Predict terms |
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