PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Iceberg

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Mark Brown

Document Summary

Determine conclusion first; look for the supporting premises. (cid:522)since(cid:523) and (cid:522)because(cid:523) are premise indicator words that appear often. Arguments have implicit or hidden) premise or implicit or hidden) conclusions. Questions, commands, exclamations, and exhortations aren"t statements therefore not arguments. Simple- only has one inference movement from a premise s) to a conclusion); just one conclusion. Intermediate conclusion - acts as a conclusion for previous statement and premise for next; more than one inference and conclusion. Explanation: tells us why something happened, typically past events. Argument: provides a reason or reasons for a claim. The titanic sank because it hit an iceberg explanation; typically past events) Capital punishment is inhumane because innocent people may be mistakenly executed argument) Explanation is either a premise or conclusion, not both. Ex. if i study hard, then ill pass phi 1101. Ex. either i"ll pass phi 1101 or i"ll fail it. Ex. there will be no baseball tomorrow, unless the sun is shining.