A Concise Intro to Logic (Patrick J. Hurley) Chapter 1 new update solution
Logic - >>>the organized body of knowledge
Argument - >>>a group of statements, one or more of which (the premises) are claimed to provide
support for, or reasons to believe, one of the others (the conclusion).
Statement - >>>a sentence that is either true or false--in other words, typically a declarative sentence or
a sentence component that could stand as a declarative sentence.
truth value - >>>truth and falsity of a statement
premise - >>>the statements that set forth the reasons or evidence
conclusion - >>>the statement that the evidence is claimed to support or imply.
conclusion indicator - >>>a word that provides a clue to a conclusion
premise indicator - >>>a word that provides a clue to identifying a premise
inference - >>>the reasoning process expressed by an argument.
proposition - >>>the meaning or information content of a statement.
syllogistic logic - >>>a kind of logic in which the fundamental elements are terms
