PHIL 2020- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 69 pages long!)

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 2020
• Professor: Sean Meslar

Document Summary

Unit 5: lecture 1: we have two or more rules of inference to introduce to our system. Assumption within proofs: there is an important rule to remember about how to proceed with a proof once you make an assumption: support only works one way, ex, 1. (a v b, 2. Unit 5: lecture 1: the biggest difference between cp and ip is that there is no requirement as to when you stop a. 1. 3 a: (a (a & a)) Limitations of propositional logic (cid:862) o(cid:272)rates is a (cid:894)hu(cid:895)(cid:373)a(cid:374). Therefore, o(cid:272)rates is a (cid:373)ortal. (cid:863: h, m s, not a valid argument, since the content is valid we k(cid:374)o(cid:449) that the for(cid:373)al la(cid:374)guage is(cid:374)"t addressi(cid:374)g so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g. Argument structure: a way of putting into concrete terms the means by which an argument supports its conclusion with its premises, example, (cid:862)all (cid:373)e(cid:374) a(cid:396)e (cid:373)o(cid:396)tal; o(cid:272)(cid:396)ates is a (cid:373)a(cid:374); the(cid:396)efo(cid:396)e, o(cid:272)(cid:396)ates is a (cid:373)o(cid:396)tal(cid:863)