PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Iceberg, Foodborne Illness

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

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Statement: what is it, also called a proposition or claim, it is the easiest part of an argument to identify. It is true or false, it is or is not the case: my sweater is green. It is somethings that is true or false, it is or is not the case: smoking is bad for your health. It is raining today and i am not feeling well: this has two different statements, "it is raining" and "i am not feeling well", other types statements that make one claim, conditional. If i study i will pas phi 1101: disjunctive, either or statement, the word unless, treat the statement as if it were one claim, ex. There will be no baseball tomorrow unless the sun is shining. Premise: what is it, a statement given in support of another statement; a claim put forth as a reason for a conclusion, a statement, examples: