logic
Popularity (by total correct streak): 59
Popularity (by number of users): 1
concepts | ideas that represent class of things | |
referent | mental file folders | |
definition | statement that gives meaning to concept | |
fallacies | spurious arguments; don't provide evidence | |
4 fallacies | relevance, subjective, credibility, logical structure | |
categorial propositions | assertion about relations among classes; subject, predicate, copula, quantity | |
quality | affirmative or negative | |
quantity | all, some | |
A: | universal affirmative; all s are p | |
I: | particular affirmative; some s are p | |
E: | universal negative; no s is p | |
O: | particular negative; some s are not p | |
contraries (A,E) | cant both be true; can both be false | |
contradictories (A,O;E,I) | cannot both be true and cannot both be false | |
subalternates (A,I;E,O) | differ only in quality | |
subcontrary (I,O) | cannot both be false | |
square of opposition | how categorical propositions relate to each other | (revised) |
converse | switch subject and predicate terms | |
obverse | changing quality of cat prop and replacing pred with complement | |
contrapositive | replace subject with complement of pred and pred with complement of subj | (revised) |
logical strength | in agrument the degree to whih truth of premises would make it likely conclusion is true | |
species | sub cat of wider category |
Quisition is a browser-based flashcard system that repeats old cards and introduces new ones at optimal time intervals. You can create your own card packs or use those developed by others.