2.8.0: Key Terms

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    Key Terms

    2.1 Statements and Quantifiers

    • logic
    • logical statement
    • truth values
    • symbolic form
    • negation of a logical statement
    • quantifier
    • premises
    • conclusion
    • inductive logical arguments

    2.2 Compound Statements

    • compound statement
    • connective
    • conjunction
    • disjunction
    • conditional
    • hypothesis
    • conclusion
    • biconditional
    • dominance of connectives

    2.3 Constructing Truth Tables

    • Truth table
    • Multiplication principle
    • Valid

    2.5 Equivalent Statements

    • logically equivalent
    • tautology
    • inverse
    • converse
    • contrapositive

    2.6 De Morgan’s Laws

    • Boolean logic
    • negation of a conditional

    2.7 Logical Arguments

    • sound
    • fallacy
    • deductive arguments
    • law of detachment
    • law of denying the consequent
    • chain rule for conditional arguments

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