CRITICAL THINKING D265 WGU QUESTIONS
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Proposition ANS - Statement that can be either true or false
Non-proposition ANS - Sentences that are not statments about matters of fact. They do not make a
claim that can be true or false.
Simple proposition ANS - Have no internal logical structure. Meaning they are true or false on their own
Complex proposition ANS - Have internal logical structure. Meaning they are composed of simple
propositions
Non-argument ANS - Reports, pieces of advice, warnings, and statements of belief or opinion. They give
information with no intent to persuade
Argument ANS - A combination of statements if there is intent to persuade or have conclusion
keywords
Premise ANS - Are claims , evidence, ideas, and so forth intended to support the conclusion
Conclusions ANS - The claim that the whole argument is intended to support or demonstrate or prove
Deductive argument ANS - Arguer believes that the truth of the premises establishes the truth of
conclusion. ( facts )
Inductive argument ANS - Arguer believes that the truth of the premises provides only good reasons to
believe the conclusion is probably true. ( observation)
Valid ANS - In a good deductive argument structure , true premises would make the conclusion true
, Sound ANS - Deductive argument is sound if it has a valid structure and all its premises are true
Strong ANS - An inductive argument , the truth of the premises would make the conclusion probably
true
Cogent ANS - And inductive argument is cogent if it is strong and all it's premises are true
Fallacy ANS - Mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments
Formal Fallacy ANS - A fallacy that can be identified by merely examining the form or structure of an
argument
Informal fallacy ANS - Have a problem with their content
Modus Ponens ANS - Affirming the truth of an argument
Modus Tollens ANS - Denial of the conclusion
Affirming the consequent ANS - Formal fallacy of taking a true statement and invalidly inferring it's
converse p-q then q-p( failure to realize that just because p is a possible condition for q , p may not be
the only condition for q)
Denying the Antecedent ANS - a formal fallacy of inferring the inverse from the original statement. It is
committed by reasoning in the form: If P, then Q. Therefore, if not P, then not Q. ( arguments are
invalid)
The Fallacy Fallacy ANS - When someone uses the fact that a fallacy was committed to justify rejecting
the conclusion of the fallacious argument.
begging the question ANS - when an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion, instead
of supporting it
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