PHIL 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: False Dilemma, Logical Form, Qi
12 Oct 2017
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If p then q if the product is faulty, the company is liable for damages. Therefore p the company is liable for damages: the first premise is equivalent to if the company is liable for damages, then the product is faulty . If p then q if love hurts, then it is not worth falling in love. Not p love does not hurt. Therefore, not q it is indeed worth falling in love. Fallacies of the complex question: asking questions in ways that presuppose certain answers such as have you renounced your criminal past? : either a simple yes or no assumes that the respondent has a criminal past. Other fallacies of complex questions relate to behavior of disjunctions in evidential or decision contexts. A false dilemma assumes that there are only two relevant possibilities, when there may be more. It is a valid argument form known as disjunctive premise: a or b, not a, therefore, b.
