PHIL 105 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sentence Clause Structure, Propositional Calculus, Truth Table

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 105
• Professor: Ian Chunn

Document Summary

Consequent: the sentence that depends on the stated condition. Compound sentence: a sentence that contains another sentence as one of its parts. Conditional argument: an argument that contains at least one conditional sentence as a premise. Forms of a conditional argument include: affirming the antecedent (modus ponens), denying the consequent (modus tollens), hypothetical syllogism, constructive dilemma, and destructive dilemma. Conditional sentence: a compound sentence consisting of an antecedent and a consequent. The standard form of a conditional is if (antecedent), then (consequent) or p q . Deductive fallacy: an invalid argument that bears some resemblance, possibly misleading, to a (correct) deductive argument. Disjunctive syllogism: an argument that has the following form: Invalid argument: an argument is invalid if it is meant to be truth-preserving but fails to meet the standards for deductive validity. An invalid argument is not an instance of a valid deductive argument.