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What is a valid argument?
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An argument with a form such that if all premises are true then the conclusion must be true.
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What is a sound argument?
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An argument that is 1. Valid and 2. Has all true premises.
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What are the five valid deductive argument forms in the fake book?
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1. Modus Ponens 2 Modus Tollens 3. Hypothetical Syllogism 4. Constructive Dilemma 5. Quasi-Syllogism
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What is the form of a Modus Ponens argument?
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1. (If A then B) 2. (A) 3. Conclusion- (B)
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What is the form of a Modus Tollens argument?
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1. (If A then B) 2. (Not B) 3. Conclusion - (Not A)
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What is the form of a Hypothetical Syllogism argument?
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1. (If A then B) 2. (If B then C) 3. Conclusion - (If A then C)
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What is the form of a Constructive Dilemma argument?
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1. (Either A or B) 2. (If A then C) 3. (If B then C) 4. Conclusion - (C)
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What is the form of a Quasi-Syllogism argument?
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1. ( If any x if F then any x is G) 2. (x is F) 3. Conclusion - (x is G)
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What are the two invalid argument forms in the fake book?
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1. Affirming the apodosis. 2. Denying the protasis.
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What is the form of the invalid argument Affirming the Apodosis?
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1. (If A then B) 2. (B) 3. Conclusion - (A)
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What is the form of the invalid argument Denying the Protasis?
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1. (If A then B) 2. (Not A) 3. Conclusion - (Not B)
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What is he definition of argument?
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A set of propositions, some members of which, the premises, are put forward as evidence for the truth of one member of the set, the conclusion.
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What is the purpose of a normative ethical theory?
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To answer the deep philosophical question, "What is morality?"
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What are Dr. Rice's adequecy conditions of a normative ethical theory?
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1. Moral Bivalence Constraint 2. Tertium Quid Constraint 3. Plurality Constraint 4. Epistemic Constraint
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What is the moral bivalence constraint?
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An adequacy condition that requires a normative ethical theory to clearly distinquish between what is moral and immoral.
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