What Is A Legal Claim?
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Here's a short quiz on the concepts discussed in this tutorial.
Questions and Answers
- 1.In logic the terms “statement”, “proposition” and “claim” are commonly used to mean the same thing — namely, an assertion that can be true or false (but not both).
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.Not all sentences can function as claims for argumentative purposes.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.For a sentence to function as a claim in an argument, there must be a shared understanding among all relevant parties of the meaning of the sentence.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.In the context of logic and argumentation, to understand the meaning of a sentence is to understand what it would mean for the sentence to be true or false.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Can the following function as a claim in an argument? “Are you going to the beach this weekend?”
- A.
Claim
- B.
Not a claim
- 6.Can the following function as a claim in an argument? “Put your hands in the air and turn around!”
- A.
Claim
- B.
Not a claim
- 7.So-called “rhetorical questions” are actually not questions at all, but statements disguised as questions.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.If the meaning of a sentence is vague at all, then it cannot function as a claim in an argument.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Prediction: “Tomorrow is a day of new opportunities.”
- A.
Too vague to function as a claim
- B.
Too ambiguous to function as a claim
- C.
Both
- D.
Neither — this can function as a claim
- 10.Prediction: “Today you will receive a phone call at 3:31 PM, from a man asking about donations to the Red Cross.”
- A.
Too vague to function as a claim
- B.
Too ambiguous to function as a claim
- C.
Both
- D.
Neither — this can function as a claim
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