RA Final Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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RA.
RA Final Actual Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER- the systematic evaluation or formulation of
beliefs, or statements, by rational standards
statement - CORRECT ANSWER- a sentence that is either true or false
or an assertion that something is or is not the...
RA Final Actual Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the systematic evaluation or formulation of
beliefs, or statements, by rational standards
statement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a sentence that is either true or false
or an assertion that something is or is not the case
conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- what the premises are trying to prove
or the statement that the premises are intended to support
premise - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- reasons to prove that the conclusion is true
or a statement, or reason, given in support of the conclusion
argument - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a group of statements in which some of them (the
premises) are intended to support another of them (the conclusion)
logic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- refers to the rules of reason that regulate the formal
structure of arguments
inference - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the process of reasoning from a premise premises to a
conclusion based on those premises
extraneous statement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a statement that appears to be a premises
in an argument, but actually has no connection of inference to the conclusion
missing premise - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a hole that needs to plugged in order to make
that argument make sense
(an implicit premise that must be made explicit in reconstructing an argument)
, implicit conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- when the conclusion is not stated outright
and the arguer "assumes" that you will know it
indicator words - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- words that frequently accompany arguments
and signal that a premise or conclusion is present
validity or valid argument - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a deductive argument that succeeds in
providing conclusive support for its conclusion
(if premises are true the conclusion has to be true to be valid)
invalidity or invalid argument - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a deductive argument that fails to
provide conclusive support for its conclusion
soundness or sound argument - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a deductive argument that is valid
and has all true premises
strength or strong argument - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an inductive argument that does
provide probable support for its conclusion
weakness or weak arguement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an inductive argument that does
not give probable support to the conclusion
cogency or cognant argument - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a strong inductive argument with
all true premises, a good inductive argument
deductive reasoning/argument - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an argument intended to provide
logically conclusive support for its conclusion
(proves conclusion with logic)
inductive reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an argument in which the premises are
intended to provide probable, not conclusive, support for its conclusion
(premises give probable cause that the conclusion is true)
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