Understanding Logical Reasoning
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What type of reasoning starts from an observation and reasons to the fact explaining this observation?

  • Analogical reasoning
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Abductive reasoning (correct)
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Which type of reasoning infers a universal law from a pattern found in many individual cases?

  • Analogical reasoning
  • Abductive reasoning
  • Inductive reasoning (correct)
  • Deductive reasoning
  • What is the name for arguments that fall short of the standards of logical reasoning?

  • Valid arguments
  • Fallacies (correct)
  • Invalid arguments
  • Sound arguments
  • For which type of fallacy does the error lie in the logical form of the argument?

    <p>Formal fallacies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In logical reasoning, what does abductive reasoning start from?

    <p>Observation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main discipline studying logical reasoning?

    <p>Logic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of reasoning offers the strongest support, ensuring that the conclusion is impossible to be false if all premises are true?

    <p>Deductive reasoning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which rule of inference is an example of a valid argument in deductive reasoning?

    <p>Modus ponens</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the certainty of the conclusion arrived at through deductive reasoning if all the premises are true?

    <p>Impossible to be false</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes distinct types of logical reasoning from each other?

    <p>The norms they employ and the certainty of the conclusion they arrive at</p> Signup and view all the answers

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