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Logic: Working Definitions
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Philosophy
Undergraduate 1
03/14/2009

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Term
statement
Definition
linguistic expression which is either true or false, but not both.
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argument
Definition
a group of statements, one of which purports to be supported by the rest.
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premise
Definition
a supporting statement
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conclusion
Definition
the supported statement
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deduction
Definition
an argument such that if the premise is true, then the conclusion must be true.
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induction
Definition

an argument that says if the premises are true, then the conclusion does not have to be true, but strong indication follows with a high degree of probability.

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Tautology
Definition
a statement which because of its form must be true.
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contradiction

Definition
a statement which because of its form is false.
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fallacy
Definition
a faulty, or tricky, or in some other way, failed argument.
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ancedotal evidence
Definition
support for a conclusion in the form of a story, often personal to the teller. Its bad induction, but its often good television.
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