PHIL 2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nigella Lawson, Hedonism, If And Only If

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 2003
• Professor: David Matheson

Document Summary

Focus of tests will be on the things from reading from class. Conditional statements: antecedents (sufficient condition) and consequents (necessary condition) If today is thursday, then dave will be having nigella"s anchovy-thyme stew for dinner. If you passed the course, then you wrote the final exam. Conditional statements can be true or false, depending on whether the conditions they assert are correct: True: if you are taking phil 2003, then dave is your instructor. False: if dave is your instructor, then you are a wealthy canadian. Conditional statements are expressed in many different ways. If you are leading a meaningful life, then you are kind to others. You are leading a meaningful life only if you are kind to others. That you are leading a meaningful life implies that you are kind to others. Unless you are kind to others, you are not leading a meaningful life.