PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Informal Fallacy, False Dilemma, Coherence Theory

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Iva Apostolova

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Eg: almost all philosophical claims, foundation of most fundamental claims of science (what. Cannot prove or disprove empirically (by experience) Rely on the coherence theory of truth to be (cid:498)verified(cid:499) Eg: (cid:498)god exists. (cid:499) (cid:498)one should never make a false promise. (cid:499) (cid:498)2+2=4. (cid:499) But, there are numerous cases where it is more difficult to prove or verify the premises. The higher the degree of relevance, the greater the chances that the argument holds: fallacy approach. The fallaciousness of informal fallacies stems from the lack of acceptability, relevance, or adequacy of the premises, the language used, the technique or persuasion, rather than their structure. Acceptability of the premises: begging the question: suffers from circularity; the speaker assumes what is trying to prove (cid:523)asking a question but still accepting what"s being said(cid:524) Eg: gandhi must have been an honest person, since he would never lie to anyone. (cid:523)doesn"t really.