Key Terms

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