LPS 29 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Toothpick
2 Oct 2016
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Lps 29 - lecture 2 argument structure part two. Implicit statements are statements not included in the given argument. Arguer must clearly want the implicit statement to be implied, but not stated. In breaking down an argument, one can draw out implied (implicit) statements from the argument itself. For example: 1 [the cookies in the kitchen disappeared when you and i were the only people at home], but [i was in my room the entire time. ] Here, the implied conclusion is that the person being spoken to took the cookies: 3 [you have taken the cookies. ] Note that the arguer never directly said that they didn"t take the cookies: 1 + 2. Principle of charity: the limit to how much we can assume in an implicit statement: requires giving the arguing party the benefit of the doubt and remaining faithful to the arguing party"s thought.
