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Logic and Critical Thinking Assignment

This document contains an assignment for a logic and critical thinking course. It includes 20 multiple choice and short answer questions covering topics such as: 1) Defining key logic terms like philosophy, logic, argument, premise, and conclusion. 2) Distinguishing between deductive and inductive arguments, and between argumentative and non-argumentative passages. 3) Explaining the meaning and functions of different types of claims in arguments. 4) Discussing similarities and differences between concepts like vagueness vs. ambiguity, and intentional vs. extensional meaning. The assignment requires students to write categorical propositions, draw Venn diagrams, and use a square of opposition to evaluate argument

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Logic and Critical Thinking Assignment

This document contains an assignment for a logic and critical thinking course. It includes 20 multiple choice and short answer questions covering topics such as: 1) Defining key logic terms like philosophy, logic, argument, premise, and conclusion. 2) Distinguishing between deductive and inductive arguments, and between argumentative and non-argumentative passages. 3) Explaining the meaning and functions of different types of claims in arguments. 4) Discussing similarities and differences between concepts like vagueness vs. ambiguity, and intentional vs. extensional meaning. The assignment requires students to write categorical propositions, draw Venn diagrams, and use a square of opposition to evaluate argument

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RIFT VALLEY UNIVERSITY

Department of COTOM
Logic and critical thinking: Course code: phil 101, Chr : 3, G of 5 students Assignment

Part I) Direction: Answer briefly each question, originality valuable! Value 40%

1. Define philosophy as a pursuit of wisdom.


2. It said that ‘seeking wisdom’ is one of the various essences of philosophy. Explain the
3. Define the following terms: Logic, Argument, Premise, and Conclusion.
4. Explain how we can distinguish argumentative passages from no-argumentative passages.
5. Explain the meaning and functions of inferential and factual claims.
6. Discuss briefly the similarities and differences between deductive and inductive
arguments. Support your discussion with your own examples.
7. Explain how we can distinguish deductive arguments from inductive arguments, and vice
versa.
8. Explain the meaning and function of a value claim in arguments.
9. Explain the differences between vagueness and ambiguity, and between verbal and factual
disputes.
10. Explain the differences between intentional meaning and extensional meaning.
11. Discuss briefly the major types of definitions.
12. Discuss briefly the similarities and differences between extensional and intentional
definitional techniques. Support your discussion with your own examples.
13. Define critical thinking.
14. Discuss the major standards of critical thinking.
15. What problems would occur if categorical propositions are not settled in standard form?
16. Write a categorical proposition in which its quantifier is “No”.
17. Write a categorical proposition in which its quantifier is “some”, its subject term “soldier”
and predicate term “cowards” and its copula “are not”
18. If a categorical proposition states that “there is at least one X and that X is in Y”, its
symbolic representation will be
Part II:
19. Draw Venn diagrams for the following propositions.
a. Some rock-music lovers are not fans of Madonna.
b. Some housing developments are complex that exclude children
20. Use the modern square of opposition to determine whether the following immediate
inferences are valid or invalid from the Boolean standpoint.
a. Some country doctors are altruistic healers.
Therefore, some country doctors are not altruistic healers.
b. It is false that all weddings are light-hearted celebrations. Therefore, some weddings
are not light-hearted celebrations.

Prepared By: G. Raga, MA Date: 17 July 2022, email Address: suraraga2020@gmail.com

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