PHL105Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Vagueness, Fallacy, Begging
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Slippery slope arguments: in these arguments the claim is made that once a certain event happens, other similar event will occur which leads to a potential disaster. Domino theory: the fall of one country will cause neighboring countries to fall too. 2: the term football may be completely different to an american and european, this misunderstanding causes problems, criticizing the expression that creates a problem is called. Disambiguate: rewriting a sentence, to allow one of its possible meanings to become clear. Uneven: both premises are true but conclusion is false, therefore, argument is invalid. Self sealers: positions are set up so that nothing can possibly refute them, constructed so that no evidence can possibly be brought against it. 3: a series of statements, premises grounds for conclusion, premises have to justify conclusion. Validity and sound: for an argument to be valid reasoning"s have to be true, to decide validity, reasoning"s have to be true.
