GOVT 215 Quiz Introduction

GOVT 215 Quiz Introduction

GOVT 215 Quiz: Introduction to Fallacies

Module 2: Week 2

1. Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks. ______________ ________________: reasoning from particular instances to general principles.
2. Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks. _____________ ________________ is the process of reasoning from a general statement to a particular one.
3. Many lawyers are surprised to learn that the arguments they encounter and deliver every day are governed by the rules of logic.
4. In a disjunctive syllogism, the conclusion follows from the relationship between the concepts in the premises and their membership in certain categories.
5. Lawyers use logic in which contexts?
6. In logic, an argument that violates a rule is said to be:
7. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank. The most basic structure of formal logic is the
8. Both hypothetical syllogism and categorical syllogism focus on the logical relationships between concepts at the macro level.
9. The “if . . . then” arguments that lawyers often confront are hypothetical syllogisms.
10. Inductive reasoning is the most effective tool for completing legal tasks.