PHI 1101 Lecture 1: PHI 1150- chapter 1

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

Document Summary

To give an argument is to make a claim and to offer other claims as reasons for its acceptance. Thus, an argument is a set of claims, one of which is meant to be supported by the others. By the end of september in new england, the leaves are already changing to beautiful browns and reds. The nights are cooler, and the days are noticeably shorter. Some inhabitants begin to feel a sense of dread as they think of the long winter to come. Several claims are made, but as no one of them is offered as a reason for any other, we have no argument. Ex: (this is an argument) [claim] {support claims} [the only possible superpower in the world other than the united states is a unified europe. ] {but divisions and jealousies that date back centuries ensure that. Europe will never present a truly united front.