Deductive Reasoning

Section 3.1: Deductive Reasoning

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3.1 Outline

  1. Terminology
    1. argument
    2. hypotheses/premises
    3. deductive reasoning
    4. valid
    5. logic
    6. symbolic logic
    7. statement
    8. simple statement
    9. operators (connectives)
    10. compound statement
    11. fuzzy logic
    12. law of the excluded middle
    13. truth value of a simple statement
  2. Conjunction
    1. translation: and
    2. definition
  3. Disjunction
    1. translation: or
    2. definition
  4. Negation
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Section 1.4: Review for Chapter 1

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Studying for a chapter examination is a personal process, one which nobody else can do for you. Simply take the time to review what you have done.

Here are the new terms in Chapter 1.

Addition law of exponents [1.3]… See the whole entry

Section 1.2: Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

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1.2 Outline

  1. Magic squares
  2. A pattern of nines
  3. Order of operations (see below)
  4. Inductive reasoning (see below)
    1. conjecture
    2. exponentiation
      1. b2; b squared
      2. b3; b cubed
  5. Deductive reasoning (see below)
    1. undefined terms
    2. axioms or premises
    3. conclusion
    4. syllogism
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