PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Enthymeme
1 Mar 2016
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Sample test question: set out the premises and conclusions of. Socrates"s refutation of cephalus"s definition of justice in standard form. Identify the argument forms involved and the laws of logic that are used. (10 marks) Model answer debts. (this is cephalus"s definition. : premise 1: justice is telling the truth and paying your, premise 2: justice is not harmful. (unstated premise, premise 3: telling the truth and paying your debts is. Reductio ad absurdum; because of the law of non- Contradiction: conclusion 3: therefore, the statement, it is not the case that justice is telling the truth and paying your debts is true. (because of the law of excluded middle) Grading: premise 1: justice is telling the truth and paying your debts. (this is. Bonus question: are premise 2 and premise 3 true? (1 bonus mark) Guidelines: you may consider premise 2, premise 3, or both, to receive a bonus mark your response should be:
