PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Organic Chemistry, Corporate Crime, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Brenda Baird

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Is the argument strong or weak: non-deductive reasoning revisited, what makes a non-deductive argument unsuccessful, unacceptable premises, premises that are not relevant to the conclusion, premises that do not provide adequate support for the conclusion, non-deductive reasoning revisited. Important to consider: are the claims acceptable, are the premises relevant to the conclusion, do they provide adequate support for the conclusion, does the conclusion follow from the premises, non-deductive reasoning revisited, examples , 1. Approximately 80% of philosophy professors play video games. John is a philosophy professor, so he plays video games: 2. Kibbles, biscuit, diesel, and puppers are all cute dogs, so all dogs are cute: 3. Donald trump, bill clinton, and anthony wiener are all american, male politicians who"ve been accused of sexual misconduct. Therefore, all male american politicians are likely to have committed sexual offenses: 4. So, jerry is dead: five types of arguments. Inductive generalizations: statistical syllogisms, plausibility arguments, analogical arguments, causal arguments, specific general, example: