Logic Worksheet

Here is an exercise you can try to test your ability to reason well. Harder Topics will reward one lucky curator 1 STEEM Dollar for answering the questions correctly.

Good luck!

--David

    1. What makes a statement true begins with a set of axioms, a proposition regarded as self-evidently true without proof. What makes any subsequent statement true?

a. if one can build a proof of the statement from those axioms

b. if one can agree the statement is true based on those axioms

    2. What is another example of a conditional statement being logically equivalent to its contrapositive, e.g. 

Tea is a liquid made with the leaf buds of an evergreen shrub called Camellia sinensis

A liquid made without the leaf buds of an evergreen shrub called Camellia sinensis is not tea

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    3. A news organization is in the business of attracting viewers to sell third-party advertisements. A business that is not attracting viewers to sell third-party advertisements is not a news organization. 

Are these statements logically equivalent?

a. yes

b. no

    4. Does proper interpretation depend on the context?

a. yes

b. no

    5. How do you falsify an axiom?

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