PHIL 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Unidentified Flying Object, Causal Reasoning, Rhetorical Question
4 Jun 2020
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Exam review chapters 3: enumerative argument based on counting off specific observed cases, then drawing an inference about one or more unobserved cases (100 red roses example). Causal reasoning a type of empirical reasoning that relates to causes and effects. Inductive base stock of evidence; a guideline for deciding what is the case in areas (or times) we haven"t directly examined. The bigger the base, the stronger the argument for conclusion. Context of justification in which we cite the evidence that makes it reasonable to regard the adductive judgement as one of the successes. Neutral state of information labeling an object/idea as something other than what it is explicitly being. A ufo is an unidentified flying object, not always considered to be an alien spacecraft. Proving a negative very difficult to do, unless in sure situations such as mathematics: almost all claims about the empirical world are defeasible.
