PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Artistic Merit, Microsoft Powerpoint, Critical Thinking
2 May 2016
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Week 1 powerpoint notes & textbook questions & lecture notes. Statement/claim is an allegation that something is or not the case. Proposition the specific thought/idea that the statement expresses. Premise is a statement used to support a conclusion. Conclusion is a statement that has to be supported by one or more premises. Argument an argument is a set of statements, one of which (the conclusion) is taken to be supported by the remaining statements (the premises) Inference the process of reasoning from a premise or premises to a conclusion, based on those premises. Literary merit - the quality shared by all works of fiction that are considered to have artistic value. Rhetorical power the power to persuade and to communicate: to express what you feel, what you believe, what you know, and what you have discovered. Rational strength - when the premises provide good reasons to make the conclusion true.
