SSH 105 Lecture 3: Critical Thinking Chapter 3 Notes
16 Mar 2016
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Whenever we have reasons for our beliefs, we can formulate them into an argument. In this chapter we study some methods for organizing our reasons into an argument and then for telling whether the arguments are good. First identify all of its assertions: the restaurant was terrible. For the food was cold, and the service was slow and the tables were dirty. (1) the restaurant was terrible (2) the food was cold (3) the service was slow (4) the tables were dirty. If no: it is probably not an argument. Look for indicator words: conclusion indicators. Thus, therefore, hence, this entails that, it follows that, we may conclude that, consequently, so : premise indicators. Since, because, for, given that, inasmuch as, for the reason that. If there are no indicators, you could try inserting one between the assertions to see which makes most sense: e. g.
