PHIL 109 Lecture 2: PHIL 109.01 1.31.18
27 Jul 2018
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Identifying arguments exercises i, ii, iii, and iv (completed in class) Reviewed premise indicators and conclusion indicators from chapter 4. Premise indicators: since, because, as, for, given that, assuming that, inasmuch as, the reason is that, in view of the fact that. Conclusion indicators: therefore, thus, so, consequently, as a result, it follows that, hence, which means that, which implies that. There are two caveats when it comes to indicator words. If the answer is yes, then that word is, in fact, and indicator word. It is possible to have an argument that does not include an indicator word. It will rain tomorrow because a cold front is moving in. It rained yesterday because a cold front moved in. This is not an argument, but an explanation. An if/then statement is called a hypothetical statement or a conditional statement. The proposition cannot be broken into two parts; it is either a premises or a conclusion.
