PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Butler

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Corey Mulvihill

Document Summary

Series of premises that lead to a conclusion. Simple vs. complex: either the chaffer or the butler did it, premises, the butler was in london the day of the murder, premises, so the butler didn"t do it a. Intermediate conclusion from 2: the chaffer did it, final conclusion from 3 and 1. Standard form: each claim is numbered, each premise and conclusion is labelled clearly (p, ic, fc, put premise above the conclusions they support. Example 1: penalties are stiff if you drive under the influence, p, you may cause an accident if you dui, p, you should not dui a. Ic 1,2: you have to drive tonight, p, you should not drink tonight, fc 3,4. Unemployment won"t increase because the economy will continue to grow, and employment usually increases when the economy is growing. But ei expenditures would only increase if unemployment worsened. So we can count on ei costing either the same or less in years ahead.