Chapter 6 Self-Assessment

. The symbolization for a conditional is

. A conditional is false only when the antecedent is __________ and the consequent is __________.

. In a conditional statement, only if introduces

. In a conditional statement, unless means "if not" and introduces

. "It is not the case that the car is red and the truck is blue" can be symbolized by

. The symbolization for a conjunction is

. In a disjunction, even if one of the statements is false, the whole disjunction is still

. In a conditional statement, the first part is the antecedent and the second part is the

. In a truth table for a two-variable argument, the first guide column has the following truth values:

. The symbol used to indicate a negation is &.

. Each of the component statements in a conjunction is called a disjunct.

. If just one statement in a conjunction is false, the whole conjunction is still true.

. If only one statement in a disjunction is true, the whole disjunction is false.

. A double negation is the same thing as no negation.

. The truth table for a two-variable argument has eight rows.

. The first step in the short method is to write out the symbolized argument in two rows.

. "Either I walk home, or I drive Ralph's car" is a conditional.

. "He supported the revolution, and he was arrested without being charged" is a conjunction.

. The symbolic form of modus tollens is
p v q
˜p
∴ q

. The symbolic form of modus tollens is
p v q
˜p
∴ q

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