WGU D265 Section 1: Critical Thinking
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What is meant by validity or strength of an argument? ✔✔Generally, Strong Arguments are ones that are convincing. And an argument is valid if the premises(if true) provide proof of the conclusion.
What are the different types of inferences? ✔✔- Deduction
- Induction
-Abduction
Inference ✔✔A conclusion one can draw from the presented details.
deduction ✔✔forming a general conclusion based on specific observations
Induction ✔✔forming a specific conclusion based on general premise.
Abduction reasoning ✔✔rules out explanations until most plausible remains
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truth ✔✔A proposition that accurately represents reality.
validity ✔✔In a good deductive argument structure, when true premises make the conclusion necessarily true.
invalidity ✔✔One or two of the premises are false, thus making the conclusion false.
Soundness ✔✔The deductive argument is valid, and all premises are true premises.
Unsoundness ✔✔When the argument is invalid or the premises are false.
How is truth connected to propositions? ✔✔The relationship that holds between a proposition and its corresponding fact. If a proposition is true, then the conclusion is true, but if it's false then it's false.
valid argument form ✔✔an argument form in which every substitution instance is a valid (true) argument
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