Logic Exam #3 Study Guide

All the items listed on the Quiz study guide plus:

Definitions

Explanation; Inference to the Best Explanation; The TEST formula and its parts (Internal and External Consistency; Each of the 5 Criteria of Adequacy); Test Implication.

The Scientific Method and is 5 components; Double-Blind test; Replication.

Morality; The Difference between Moral and Nonmoral Statements; Moral Theory; Worldview and three criteria for a Coherent Worldview.

Exercises

Identify the explanation and the state of affairs being explained.

Apply the TEST formula (including the Criteria of Adequacy) to competing theories (including the debate between Copernicus and Ptolemy and that between Creationism and Evolution) in order to determine which is the best, i.e., most plausible, theory.

Identify the premises and conclusion of a moral argument.

Add a missing premise to a moral argument.

Test general moral principles using the counterexample method.