PHIL 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Logical Form, First-Order Logic

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 2110
• Professor: Yussif Yakubu

Document Summary

Prof. yakubu: homework exercises: every other week from week 2 -15 , quizzes: every other week from week 3 -20, mid-term exam during week 7 -25 , final exam tba -40 % An argument consists of statements to put a point across that you want somebody to accept. A statement is a sentence that makes a claim to support your argument- can be true or false. A proposition is whatever can be asserted or denied. A sentence or statement that makes a claim or assertion. A sentence that can be judged as true or false. The conclusion is the claim or assertion that the argument is intended to establish. The premises or the grounds are the statements that are presented as reasons for the conclusion. An argument is someone is making an effort to convince you. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.