ARTSSCI 1B03 Lecture : Logic Lecture - Standardizing Arguments.docx
3 Oct 2013
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Set of claims meant to support and prove a conclusion. Provides a reason to think something is the case: explanation. Provides a reason why or how something is the case. Standardizing arguments: standardize arguments to reveal their structure and to eliminate noise Important tool in the assessment of an argument. Point is to lay the structure of an argument bare so we can evaluate its strength. noise consists of remarks and comments which accompany an argument, but are not integral to its structure. Repetition: standardize by putting each premise and conclusion on a separate line and indicating which conclusions follow from which premises. In cases where an arguer tries to defend one or more of his premises with arguments. Standardize arguments to reveal their structure and to eliminate noise Standardize by putting each premise and conclusion on a separate line and indicating which conclusions follow from which premises.
