Chapter 3 Practice Quiz

. A deductive argument with true premises and a true conclusion must be ________

. An argument with the following structure, "If P, then Q; not P; therefore, not Q" must be ________

. The deductively valid argument form called modus tollens, or denying the consequent, has the form ________

. The argument pattern, "If P, then Q; if Q, then R; therefore, if P, then R" is known as ________

. If a premise relies on another premise in order to support the conclusion, then the two premises are said to be ________

. If an argument is valid but has a false conclusion, then it is also ________

. The argument form, "Either P or Q; P; therefore, not Q" is ________

. It is impossible for an argument to be valid and have ________

. "If Jane is a cardiologist, then she is a doctor; Jane is not a doctor; therefore, Jane is not a cardiologist." This argument adheres to the argument form ________

. If you know that an argument is valid and that the conclusion is false, then you also know that ________

. The fallacy of distorting, weakening, or oversimplifying someone's position so it can be more easily attacked or refuted is called ________

. The following argument pattern is invalid: ________

. The following argument pattern is invalid: ________

. An argument made up of three statements is called ________

. If a deductive argument is made up of three statements, each of the two premises is true, and the conclusion is false it is called ________

. The first statement in a conditional premise is called the antecedent.

. An argument must be deductively valid if all of its premises are true.

. A dependent premise is a premise that relies on at least one other premise to support the conclusion of the argument.

. An inductive argument that succeeds in providing probable support for its conclusion is said to be sound.

. Sound arguments always have true conclusions.

. A statement of the form "P or Q" is called a disjunction.

. If an argument is cogent, then its conclusion must be true.

. All sound arguments are valid.

. Inductive arguments attempt to establish that the conclusion is probably true.

. If a valid argument with three premises has a false conclusion, then all the premises must be false.

. Hypothetical syllogisms are also sometimes called 'chain arguments.'

. If a valid argument has a false conclusion, then at least one of its premises must be false.

. All strong inductive arguments are good arguments.

. All valid deductive arguments are good arguments.

. All cogent inductive arguments are good arguments.

. An argument intended to provide logically conclusive support for its conclusion is ________

. The first step in investigating possible implicit premises is to ________

. The best way to learn how to assess long passages containing an argument is to ________

. An independent premise offers support to a conclusion ________

. Because they guarantee the truth of the conclusion, inductively strong arguments are said to be truth-preserving.

. A deductively valid argument with true premises is said to be ________

. A valid argument is such that if its premises are true ________

. Either p or q; Not p; Therefore q. An argument with this structure is called ________

. Terms that signal a deductive argument include ________

. "If Toronto is the capital of Ontario, then Toronto is in Ontario. Toronto is in Ontario; Therefore, Toronto is the capital of Ontario." This argument is an example of ________

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