PHL 214 Lecture 14: PHLLecApril4
22 Jun 2016
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Deductive extracts information from premises--tells us nothing more than what is given-- just rearranges or reveals in more useful way--called explicative. Gives us most of what we know about empirical, or observable workings of the world. Lets us move reliably from what we know to what we don"t, from known/evidence to probable. Can"t observe but you know this from the past. Types of inductive reasoning: enumerative induction, statistical syllogism, analogical induction, causal arguments, mixed arguments, enumerative induction. The sun has risen every morning since recorded history, therefore the sun will rise tomorrow. From characteristics of group to a member of the group. Mac is a philosopher so mac is probably also witty. Most activists i"ve met are kind, so probably all activists are kind.
