PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Foodborne Illness, Iceberg, Canadian Tire
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Statement: a claim that something is or is not the case. Note: it is possible for a single sentence to contain within it more than one statement. For example: it"s raining today, and i"m feeling blue. (two statements) Premise: a statement given in support of another statement; a claim put forth as a reason for a conclusion. Conclusion: a statement that premises are meant to support; a claim meant to be supported by reasons offered in the argument. Argument: a group of statements in which some of them (the premises) are intended to support another of them (the conclusion). A set of claims, one of which is meant to be supported by others. An example of a premise and a conclusion in. Premise: i got food poisoning when i ate there last. ". Conclusion: i want to avoid that restaurant from here on in. ". Inference: the process of moving from a premise or premises in an argument to a conclusion.