PHL100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Glaucon, Thought Experiment, Modus Tollens
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Therefore q: ex. , if it is a cat, then it is cute, it is a cate, therefore it is cute. Affirming the consequent: q, therefore p: ex. If it is a cat, then it"s cute: it"s cute, therefore it is a cat. Not p: ex. , if it"s a cat, it"s cute, it"s not cute, its not a cat. Begging the question this is assuming the conclusion eg. , making the conclusion into a premise. These are all used in order to help persuade an audience. They are not a form of argument themselves. Intrinsic: things that are good for their own sake, ex. , seeing, hearing, being healthy. These things are good because of what they give you: ex, money, combination, these things are both god on their own and because of what they afford you. Glaucon argues that justice is only instrumentally good. Socrates claims that it belongs in the third category.
