Test III: Categorical Propositions

Important Concepts: be able to characterize and give examples.

quantity, quality, and distribution   universal affirmative statement
universal negative statement   particular affirmative statement
particular negative statement   sneaky O statement
contrariety   subcontrariety
contradiction   subalternation (implication)
conversion   obversion
contraposition    


Important Skills: be able to do the following kinds of problems.

  1. square of opposition--immediate inferences
  2. further immediate inferences
  3. successive immediate inferences
  4. Venn diagrams of statements


Important Distinctions: be able to list differences and give examples.

  1. A, E, I, O statements
  2. quantity, quality, and distribution



Example test is online:
http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/prop_test.html

Lee Archie 2009-08-29