AHSS 1250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Deductive Reasoning, Validity, Inductive Reasoning

• School: UofGH
• Department: Arts, Humanities, Social Science
• Course: AHSS 1250
• Professor: Johnathan Salem-Wiseman

Document Summary

When an argument shows that its conclusion is worth accepting, we say that the argument is good. When the argument fails to do so, we say the argument is bad. Therefore, we have different ways to differentiate between good or bad, there are different types of arguments. Two forms of arguments: deductive arguments: intended to provide logically conclusive support for their conclusion, inductive arguments: intended to provide probable- but not conclusive- support for their conclusions. Try to prove their conclusions with rigorous, inescapable logic. A deductive argument that succeeds in providing such decisive logical support is said to be valid. A deductive argument that fails is invalid. Either someone makes a valid or invalid point. Valid and invalid are technical terms that we use to describe deductive arguments. The logical structure of the argument is such that if the premises are true, then the conclusion is necessarily true.