PHI 1101 Lecture 2: Unit 1-Part 1

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Laura Byrne

Document Summary

Students at the end of each row should bring the. Bioblurbs to the front of the classroom: for those who were absent from the first class, instructions on the bioblurb can be found in the welcome lecture (posted on. The syllabus and other course materials are also posted on. Note: the last topic on the additional concepts sheet, (cid:16894)counterexamples to deductive. Arguments(cid:16895) is something we will get to later in the term. Statements: the most basic concept of critical thinking is that of the statement, definition: a statement is a sentence used to make a claim. Statements are capable of being either true or false: logic also calls them assertions or propositions. Statements: this property of being either true or false distinguishes statements from sentences which are not capable of being either true or false: commands, questions and expressions of volition (wishes). Examples: proposition, socrates is a man, command, be a man, socrates, question, is socrates a man, expression of.