PHL 201 Lecture 8: PHL 201 – Arguments
1 Mar 2018
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Phl 201 arguments: argument attempt to justify/provide reasons to believe some claim, argument provided, reasons should make you more likely to believe, reasons compel you to believe it, ex. Raptors will win: justify this (why do you think this, this year, the raptors have won 75% of their games, ex. God exists: the world is complex and ordered, ex. Trump will be a good president: trump has been successful at business, premise(s) evidence, provide more information to back up your claim. It is valid: only under circumstances, definition: if the premises are true, the conclusion cannot be false, truth of the premises guarantees the conclusion, the way the premises relate to the conclusion, ex. ,000,000 or worth a lot more than it started out. It is valid, but premises may be false: all successful business people will be good presidents" some people are good at business but lack qualities a president has, ex. Humans have the property of living: ex.
