Basic Concepts in Logic

It is the science that evaluates arguments.

• Ethics

• Logic

• Philosophy

• Axiology

It is a group of statements which is composed of at least one premise and only one conclusion.

• Essay

• Letter

• Paragraph

• Argument

What kind of sentence is a proposition

• Declarative

• Interrogative

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

Which of the following is false?

• Logic is important to practical life.

• Logic is only for academic life.

• Logic helps us to be sure that ideas are true.

• Logic is a body of knowledge.

Which of the following is true?

• An argument is in the standard form if each premise and conclusion are listed respectively.

• An argument is in the standard form if we cannot identify premises and conclusion.

• An argument is in the standard form if the premises are combined in a statement.

• An argument is in the standard form if the conclusion is listed first.

We restructure arguments into standard form primarily in order to ______.

• prove our intelligence

• clearly evaluate them

• enjoy thinking

• experience headache

It is a statement in an argument which serves as a reason or evidence.

• Implication

• Inference

• Premise

• Conclusion

It is the statement in an argument which is being proven to be true.

• Conclusion

• Evidence

• Reason

• Premise