You should be able to define the following terms:
Antecedent
Conditional
Conjunction
Conjunct
Consequent
Contingent
Contradiction
Disinterested Party
Disjunction
Disjunct
Expertise
Interested Party
Necessary Condition
Negation
Sufficient Condition
Tautology
- You should be familiar with the two sources of suspicion that arise in evaluating a claim.
- You should be familiar with the factors that affect how we asses a claim.
- You should be familiar with the issues that arise in evaluating the source of a claim.
- You should be able to give examples of Mainstream Media and Alternative Media.
- You should be familiar with some of the specific issues that arise in evaluating claims from Mainstream and Alternative Media.
- You should know the truth tables for all four truth-functional symbols ( ~; &; ∨; →)
- You should be able to give the symbolization for a sentence and an argument in natural language.
- You should be able to use a truth table to determine if an argument is valid or invalid.
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