Logic Quiz #1 Study Guide

Definitions

Ch. 1: Logic, Statement, Argument, Premise, Conclusion, and Explanation

Ch. 7: Identify the quantifier, quantity, quality, type (A E I O), subject, predicate and copula of categorical statements.

Lecture: Two criteria for a good argument, Deductive Argument, Inductive Argument, Validity, Soundness, Strength, Cogency, Certainty, Probability.

Exercises

Ch. 1: Determine whether sample sentences are statements.

State 5 premise indicators and 5 conclusion indicators, and use them to identify the conclusion and premises in an argument.

Ch. 7: Translate categorical statements into standard form.

Write Venn Diagrams for categorical statements and use them to determine whether categorical statements are equivalent to one another.

Translate categorical syllogisms into standard form (using the terms S, P, and M, and putting the premises in the proper order).

Identify the mood and figure of categorical syllogisms, and translate mood and figure into categorical syllogisms in standard form.

Use Venn Diagrams to determine the validity of categorical syllogisms.