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SECTION 1 CRITICAL THINKING D265 WGU QUESTIONS AND RIGHT ANSWERS 2024
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SECTION 1 CRITICAL THINKING D265 WGUQUESTIONS AND RIGHT ANSWERS 2024 -2025
What is meant by validity or strength of an argument? ANS - Generally, Strong Arguments are ones that
are convincing. And an argument is valid if the premises(if true) provide proof of the conclusion.
What are the different types of inferences? ANS - - Deduction
- Induction
-Abduction
Inference ANS - A conclusion one can draw from the presented details.
deduction ANS - forming a general conclusion based on specific observations
Induction ANS - forming a specific conclusion based on general premise.
Abduction reasoning ANS - rules out explanations until most plausible remains
truth ANS - A proposition that accurately represents reality.
validity ANS - In a good deductive argument structure, when true premises make the conclusion
necessarily true.
invalidity ANS - One or two of the premises are false, thus making the conclusion false.
Soundness ANS - The deductive argument is valid, and all premises are true premises.
Unsoundness ANS - When the argument is invalid or the premises are false.
, How is truth connected to propositions? ANS - The relationship that holds between a proposition and
its corresponding fact. If a proposition is true, then the conclusion is true, but if it's false then it's false.
valid argument form ANS - an argument form in which every substitution instance is a valid (true)
argument
invalid argument form ANS - an argument form that has some invalid (false) substitution instances
Differentiate between truth, strength, and cogency. ANS - - A strong argument can have a false
conclusion even if it starts with true premises (strong arguments only make the conclusion probable, not
certain).
- cogent argument must have true premises. Cogency is strength plus true premises.
Cogency: In a strong inductive argument, all premises are true.
All True Premises + Strong Inductive Support = Cogency Argument
Strength of an Argument ANS - In the inductive argument, true premises make the conclusion probably
true. (but not necessarily a guarantee, but the premises are supportive)
Cogency ANS - In a strong inductive argument, all premises are true.
Fallacy ANS - a type of bad argument.
Formal Fallacy ANS - a logical error that occurs in the form or structure of an argument; it is restricted
to deductive arguments
informal fallacy ANS - a mistake in reasoning that occurs in ordinary language and is different from an
error in the form or structure of arguments
The Fallacy Fallacy ANS - You presumed that because a claim has been poorly argued, or a fallacy has
been made, that the claim itself must be wrong.
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