PHIL 1200H Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Ad Hominem, Slippery Slope

• School: Trent University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1200H
• Professor: Howes Moira

Document Summary

Apply the skills you have learned in this course to the five passages below. All five questions or worth an equal value (6 pts. Will go on a gradient of complexity of arguments laid out. Identify the argument type and put the argument into an appropriate form (premises and conclusions) Evaluate in a manner appropriate to its particular scheme (think oppositions, be objective) If you are unsure of scheme or there lacks one, evaluate the argument based on basic criteria (acceptability of premises, relevance to conclusion, sufficiency of premises) Address problems with language or concepts found in the argument. Diagrams will not be marked or required. Will be marked for scheme identification, etc. Readings for polling and ad populum, appeals to eye witness testimony and honor by association schemes will not be included. Detect bias and know the difference from perspective. Distinguish strong and weak arguments using the criteria of acceptability and relevance and sufficiency.