PHIL 275 Lecture 10: Sub-Definition.docx
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*please note that ( -> ) and ( In some cases, you have statements that function as sub-conclusion. (*not included in text. ) Some statements in an argument are sub-conclusions: functioning both as premise and as conclusions. But statement 2 could then be used to support statement 3: Statement 1 -> statement 2 -> statement 3. There can be numerous sub-conclusions in an argument. One reason for this2 is that there is a wide variety of agreement about natural beauty. Virtually everyone finds the grand canyon, niagara falls, and the rockies to be beautiful. 3 furthermore art critics base their judgments of works of art on shared aesthetic principles. 4. ^as seen in the footnotes, this structure is: One way in which two premises can work together support a conclusion can be found in the format: So the conclusion is more inferred than anything else because not p doesn"t necessarily lead to q. Another format that shows how premises can work together: