CAS PH 160 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Principle Of Compositionality, Essentialism, Verificationism
19 Dec 2017
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Proposition: the things we believe. (can be true or false) A belief is true/ false when the proposition believed is true/false. A statement is true/false if the proposition it expresses is true/false. Justified belief: your belief is justified if you have good reason to believe it and no equally good reason not to believe it/ if it is supported by empirical evidence/ good reasoning. Inference: the active process of reasoning by linking two propositions together. An inference from proposition a to proposition b is good if the truth of a supports the truth of b. Argument: when an inference is expressed in statements. Components of an argument: 1) a set of premises 2) a conclusion. The logical strength of an argument: the degree to which its premises support the conclusion. Explain how the logical strength of an argument is independent of the truth of its premises.
