Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Logic......pls answer.....?

Classify the following terms according to RELATION:





1 - Contradictory 3 - Correlative


2 - Contrary 4 - Privative





___ a. speech - muteness


___ b. predated - postdated


___ c. tenant - landowner


___ d. coward - fearless


___ e. used - unused


___ f. tutor - tutee


___ g. accused - accuser


___ h. payer - payee


___ i. moving at rest


___ j. amatuer expert

Logic......pls answer.....?
a-2


b-2


c-3


d-4


e-?


f-3


g-2


h-4


i-2


j-3
Reply:a) 2


b) 2


c) 2


d) 1


e) 4


f) 2


g) 2


h) 2


i) 1


j) 3
Reply:tthink of the definitions and most of these should be clear:


1. "contradictory" indicates both cannot be true simultaneously


2. "correlative" means the two items are logically related (as in differnt roles)


3. "contrary" means opposite


4. "privative" means one indictes the absence of the other.





Then from this,the contradictory relations here are:b, d, e,i


The correlative relations are: c,f,g,h


The contrary are: i


The privative are: a


Some of these are a bit fuzzy: for instance i can be thought of as having a privative relationship (with regard to motion), and a physicist would more likely label it as such. Also the contrary and contradictory relations are very similar, s b (especially) could be considered contrary.


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