PHIL 1010 Critical Thinking Midterm Questions And Answers
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PHIL 1010 Critical Thinking Midterm Questions And Answers
Argument ANS An attempt to provide reasons for thinking that something is true
Premise ANS In an argument, the reasons someone thinks something is true
Conclusion ANS The belief being supported in the argument
Statement ANS A s...
PHIL 1010 Critical Thinking Midterm Questions And
Answers
Argument ANS An attempt to provide reasons for thinking that something is true
Premise ANS In an argument, the reasons someone thinks something is true
Conclusion ANS The belief being supported in the argument
Statement ANS A sentence that makes a claim that is either true or false
Identifying an argument ANS 1) Look for an attempt to convince
2) Find the conclusion (Indicator words: so, therefore, hence, thus, etc.)
3) Find the premises (Indicator words: because, since, as indicated by, due to, etc.)
Unstated conclusion ANS When the author doesn't explicitly state the conclusion in the argument
Unstated Premise ANS A premise you add to an argument to make the argument clearer
Assertion ANS A single statement that could be part of an argument
Description ANS Intended to give the reader a mental image of something, using physical things,
activities, feelings, sounds, emotions, taste
Questions/ Instructions ANS Questions and instructions can neither be true or false and they can't
be statements. Therefore, they can't be arguments.
Explanations ANS There are explanations on how to do something and explanations on why
something is true.
, Explanandum ANS The statement of what's to be explained
Explanans ANS The statements that do the explaining
Putting Arguments in standard form ANS 1) Put all statements in declarative sentences and
replace all pronouns with nouns
2) Insert any unstated premises and unstated conclusions
3) Place the premises before the conclusion
4) Number each statement with ( ) or brackets
5) Indicate conclusion using "therefore"
Linked arguments ANS When the conclusion of one argument is the premise of another argument
the two arguments are linked
Subarguments ANS Arguments that are used to support the premises of the main argument
Characteristics of a good argument ANS 1) They have true premises
2) They have a proper form
True Premise ANS A statement is true when what it says about the world is accurate
Proper form ANS an argument has proper form when (if the premises are true) they would
provide support to the conclusion
Audience ANS The group that the person making the argument wishes to convince
Problem of Ignorance ANS The problem of ignorance is that you don't know everything
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