1. Truth, Facts, Theories, Definitions Hurley 4.1 & 4.2
Practice Quiz 2
Truth, Facts, Theories, Definitions
Hurley 4.1 & 4.2

2. 1 Which theory seems to confuse a test for truth with what truth is?
Correspondence
Coherence
Alethic
Transcendental
Experimental

3. 2 Logicians call the bearer of truth value a… Sentence
Declarative sentence
Pronouncement
Preposition
Proposition

4. 3 To be polite, we should only use the word ‘fact’ for things…
That are grounded in modern science
That can be inspected by the mind alone
That are easily confirmed / common knowledge
A and B
B and C

5. 4 A fact is … Any subject / predicate sentence Any state of affairs
Only what is known by someone at some time
What is expressed in a sentence
What Jack should believe

6. 5 Who wrote that ‘snow is white’ is true if and only if snow is white?
Gloria Allred
Albert Tarnish
Albert Finny
Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred Tarski

7. 6
When we have no remaining doubts about the correctness of a theory, we call that theory …
The argument
The explanation
The illustration
The analogy
The Truth

8. 7
‘Brittle’ means ‘hard, and if struck with mild force, it shatters’. This is an example of …
Enumerative definition
Subclass definition
Operational definition
Ostensive definition
Synonymous definition

9. 8 ‘Stupid’ means ‘dumb’. This is an example of …
Enumerative definition
Subclass definition
Operational definition
Ostensive definition
Synonymous definition

10. 9
‘Green’, accompanied by pointing at the grass. This is an example of …
Enumerative definition
Subclass definition
Operational definition
Ostensive definition
Synonymous definition

11. 10 A ‘real’ definition is the definition of … A dictionary word
A hip, new word
A thing, not a word
‘Real’, duh
Non-fiction words

12. 11 ‘Some lawyers are public servants’. Which is the predicate term?

13. 12 Some Viking players are not criminals.
If we change the quality, but not the quantity, we get…
No Viking players are criminals
All Viking players are criminals
Some Viking players are criminals

14. 13 No walleyes are fish I caught today.
If we change the quality and the quantity, we get…
All walleyes are fish I caught today
Some walleyes are not fish I caught today
Some walleyes are fish I caught today

15. 14 All tarantulas are things that should be on a stick.
If we change the quantity but not the quality, we get…
No tarantulas are things that should be on a stick
Some tarantulas are things that should be on a stick
Some tarantulas are not things that should be on a stick

16. 15 Some ketchups are condiments too runny for me.
Which is the distributed term(s)?
Some
Ketchups
Too runny for me
Condiments too runny for me
Condiments

17. Answers Coherence Proposition E Any state of affairs Tarski
The explanation
Operational
Synonymous
Ostensive
A thing, not a word
D&E together … public servants C B
None of those (only B and D are terms of that statement, and neither is distributed (which is something you must memorize … distribution rules)