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-Chapter 1, Basic Concepts

• Premise and Conclusion Indicator Words
• Arguments
• Argument From Analogy
• Causal inference
• Conditional Statement
• Necessary condition
• Both Sufficient and Necessary
• Sufficient condition
• NONargument--Expository passage
• NONargument--Opinion
• NONargument--Temporal use of 'since'
• NONargument--Warning
• NONargument--Loosely associated statements
• NONargument--Explanation
• NONargument
• NONargument--Report
• NONargument--Statement of Belief or Opinion
• NONargument--Illustration
• NONargument--Piece of advice
• Argument From Authority
• Inductive Argument Based On Signs
• Prediction
• Inductive Generalization
• Argument from Definition
• Categorical Syllogism
• Disjunctive Syllogism
• Hypothetical Syllogism
• Deductive Argument based on Mathematics
• Premises provide necessary support for conclusion
• Inductive Argument Indicator Words
• Valid (true premises, true conclusion)
• Valid (false premises, true conclusion)
• Valid (false premises, false conclusion)
• Invalid (true premises, true conclusion)
• Invalid (true premises, false conclusion)
• Invalid (false premises, true conclusion)
• Invalid (false premises, false conclusion)
• Deductive But Invalid
• Strong (true premises, probably true conclusion)
• Strong (false premises, probably true conclusion)
• Strong (false premises, probably false conclusion)
• Weak (true premises, probably true conclusion)
• Weak (true premises, probably false conclusion)
• Weak (false premises, probably true conclusion)
• Weak (false premises, probably false conclusion)
• Inductive and Strong
• Deductive, valid but unsound
• Deductive and Valid
• Inductive but Weak
• 1.5 Forms and Invalidity
• 1.6 Extended Arguments

+Chapter 2, Language Meaning and Definition
+Chapter 3, Informal Fallacies
+Chapter 4, Categorical Logic
+Chapter 5, Syllogisms
+Chapter 6, Propositional Logic
+Chapter 7, Natural Deduction in Propositional Logic
+Chapter 8, Predicate Logic
+Chapter 9, Induction
+Supplement, Truth Trees