Category: GST203 0 GST203 1 / 50 ___________ is another word for recursive definition. Check 2 / 50 Segun is a boy is an example of ___________ proposition Check 3 / 50 Ethno-Philosophy sees philosophy as an item of _____ property rather than an activity of the individual Check 4 / 50 Complete this valid but unsound deductive argument: All GST 203 Students are brilliant, the Vice President of Nigeria is a GST 203 Student, therefore ____ that Check 5 / 50 The process of derivation of a conclusion of an argument from the premise is known as _________ inference validation assertion result 6 / 50 A statement, within an argument, which provides support for asserting the conclusion of that argument is referred to as _________ sentence premise inference Proposition 7 / 50 In the Under-labourer conception, philosophy characterizes a personal or group of persons _____. Check 8 / 50 According to the law of _____, everything must choose to be either accurate or not accurate Check 9 / 50 Any sentence expressing questions, commands, etc. does not qualify as logical statement. True not sure false none 10 / 50 The act by which the mind affirms or denies something of something else is called __________ evidence judgement argument simple apprehension 11 / 50 Logic is important to other discipline because _________ Logic has no practical use Logic is abstract and this makes it relevant other disciplines involve classification and ordering of things as well as reasoning and arguments Logic is a part of mathematics 12 / 50 The branch of philosophy concerned with the morality of human action is called _________. Check 13 / 50 There is no way you can determine correct or incorrect reasoning without constructing ________ discussions arguments Judgements hypotheses 14 / 50 To ____________ everything that exists is permanent, indestructible and unchanging. Check 15 / 50 The argument: that Janet is a Muslim, all Muslims are traders, therefore Janet is a trader is valid but _______ Check 16 / 50 In Greek, 'logos' means ___________ distinguish Living things correct study 17 / 50 In the concept of a Definitionist that which is doing the defining is referred to as _________. Check 18 / 50 The weakness or strength of an inductive argument depends on the degree of the _________ contained in the conclusion Check 19 / 50 In Greek language, the word Sophia means ________. Check 20 / 50 In the proposition "As soon as Mrs Ojewale arrives, she tidies the house", what is the premise? as soon as soon as Mrs Mrs Ojewale arrives She tidies the house 21 / 50 Complete this argument (which moves from general proposition to a particular proposition as the conclusion): All Senators are liars, Tunde Bakare is a Senator, therefore, ____________ Check 22 / 50 The result of the philosophical doctrine, which sees knowledge as exclusively depending on sense experience is known as ____. Check 23 / 50 Which of these is a statement? _________ what is the price? "stand at attention!" The sky is blue All of these 24 / 50 _____ developed the theory of a condensation and refractional to explain the original stuff from which all things are made. Check 25 / 50 All politicians are liars is an example of ___ proposition. Check 26 / 50 Which of these is not a premise indicator? _______ as thus because since 27 / 50 A lexical definition is identical with a ____ definition of words. Check 28 / 50 _________ proposed the idea that the sources of all things must be a neutral element, different from all the elements we know. Check 29 / 50 The field of research directed towards obtaining further knowledge of nature is called ______. Check 30 / 50 Words or expressions that indicate a premise or conclusion within an argument is called ___________ indicator demonstrator locus command 31 / 50 In the currents of African philosophy, ____ is a sort of individualist version of Ethno-Philosophy, in which one records the belief of certain special members of the community. Check 32 / 50 All of these are vocabularies used in logic except___________ premise statement vicinity inference 33 / 50 Complete this sentence; An argument can never have more than one ___________ statement proposition conclusion premise 34 / 50 The sentence: Africa is a great continent is a logical statement because_________ we can derive the inference from the sentence the sentence can be asserted and can be denied it does not contain premise indicator It leads to conclusion 35 / 50 __________ is a form of definition that expresses the meaning of a word based on available theories in specific discipline. Check 36 / 50 My lord, if you send me to prison, my seven children will suffer, there will be no one to take care of my sick mother and my father will die of heart attack is an example of ____ fallacy Check 37 / 50 Traditional syllogism or Aristotelian logic deals only with _______ situational proposition equivocal proposition categorical proposition declarative proposition 38 / 50 A person who studies logic is called _________ logicist logicitivist logicalist logician 39 / 50 You don't know any of the accused persons, do you?†is an example of _____fallacy. Check 40 / 50 Complete this sound deductive argument: Lagos is in Nigeria, Nigeria is in Africa, therefore _______ Check 41 / 50 I look out at you all, and I tell you, I am proud to be here. Proud to belong to a party that stands for what is good for Nigeria. Proud to cast my lot with the kind of people who make this nation great. Proud to stand with men and women who can get our nation back on its feet. Yes, there are those who criticize us, as weak and insensitive. But when I look at you hard-working people, I know we are right, and the critics are wrong.This is an example of _____ fallacy Check 42 / 50 Formal logic is divided into methodology, meta-logic and ___________ Logic proper Logic propositions Logic essential Logic measurements 43 / 50 All of these are importance of logic to an individual except ________ All of these It helps to avoid common errors in reasoning it helps an individual to learn strategies for thinking well It is an effective technique for evaluating argument 44 / 50 The only discipline that teaches how to formulate different types of arguments is called _____ physics Metaphysics Epistemology logic 45 / 50 Directive function of language is also known as ________ functional Check 46 / 50 The Dialectical method of Hegel moves from thesis to _____ and synthesis. Check 47 / 50 In any valid argument, the conclusion follows from the ________ inference example sentence premise 48 / 50 For a _______, the role of reason is basically one of interpreting and defending the dogma derived from sources whose authority and truth is dependent on faith. Check 49 / 50 The definition of logic as the science of laws of thought implies a mutual relationship between logic and ________ Check 50 / 50 ________ enables philosophers to make their arguments well stated and persuasive more than other people do. Check Restart quiz Rate this quiz Send feedback
