PHLA11H3 Lecture Notes - General Idea, Consequentialism, Naturalistic Fallacy
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Philosophy-like and unlike religion, like and unlike science. When an agreement is made is becomes a science (psych, chem, physics) Valid vs. invalid arguments, sound vs. unsound(premises may not be true or prove conclusions) Non decuctive argument, premises create a good conclusion but not the most supportive evidence. Issue of naturalistic fallacy- to take facts and determine what is good and what is bad. Propositions are true or false, arguments can not be true or false. A valid argument means that you can not believe the conclusion w/o believing the premises. An audience must persuade a particular audience, must satisfy questions and doubts. Objective argument- with a goal in mind, not necessarily persuading the other person with logical premises. Just because an argument is valid that does not mean that all parts of arguments will comply with people"s beliefs. One must always bear in mind the goal of the person arguing.
