PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Color Blindness

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

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1st premise: the detective had the reputation of being a racist intermediate: the detective is unlikely to be a convincing witness (1) Conclusion: probably then, the defendant will be acquitted. 1st premise: 12"s of people have claimed to have seen elvis presley since he was supposed to have died in 1978. 2nd premise: dozens of people wouldn"t be wrong. Conclusion: hound dog" will be a best-selling single (1,2) (1,2) 3 4: complex argument. 1st premise: the liquid is either acidic or basic. 2nd premise: if its acidic, the paper will turn red. 3rd premise: if its basic, the paper will turn blue. Intermediate: the paper will turn either red or blue. (1,2,3) Conclusion: i won"t be able to tell the difference (5) (1,2,3) 4,5 6: complex argument. 2nd: use will always be looking for a greater high. Intermediate: it is likely to leave to the use of even harder drugs (1,2)