The exam will have 25 questions, each weighted 4 points. There should be ample room to show your work.
Here is a list of material included on the exam.
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SECTION
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MATERIAL |
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1.1, 1.2
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Be able to recognize if a passage is an argument, and if it is, identify the premise(s) and conclusion(s). |
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1.3, 1.4
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Decide if an argument is deductive, inductive, valid, invalid, sound, unsound, strong, weak, cogent, uncogent. |
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1.5
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Use the conuterexample method to prove invalidity. |
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4.3
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Use Venn diagrams or the Modern Square of Opposition to analyze validity of immediate inferences. |
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4.7
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Translate sentences into categorical propositions. |
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5.2
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Use Venn diagrams to analyze validity of categorical arguments. |
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6.1, 6.2
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Be able to translate sentences into symbolic form with capital letters representing simple statements. |
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6.2
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Know and understand the five logical operators and their truth tables. |
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6.3
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Be able to work out the truth tables for statements, and identify statements as tautologous, self-contradictory or contingent. Use truth tables to decide if pairs of statements are logically equivalent, contradictory, consistent or inconsistent. |
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6.4
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Determine the validity of an argument by writing its truth table. |
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6.5
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Use indirect truth tables to test validity of arguments and consistency of gruops of statements. |
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7.1--7.4
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Know the 18 rules of implication and replacement. Be able to apply them to deduce conclusions of arguments. Be ready to handle arguments in either symbolic form or in words. |
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7.5
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Know, understand and be able to use the technique of conditional proof. |
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7.6
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Know, understand and be able to use the technique of indirect proof. |
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8.1
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Translate statements into symbolic form, using quantifiers if necessary. |
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8.2
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Know, understand and be able to use the rules UI, UG, EI, EG. |
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8.3
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Know, understand and be able to use the CQ rules. |
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8.4
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Know, understand and be able to use the techniques of condintional and indirect proof. |
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8.5
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Be able to prove invalidity using the both the counterexample method and the finite universe method. |
For practice, you may wish to try the sample final exam.