PHIL 1600 Lecture 1: Reasoning Skills #1 09.13.2018
14 Sep 2018
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Argument: a group of statements in which the conclusion is claimed to follow from the premise, asking for reasons why someone thinks something is true, asking why. Statement: a sentence that is either true or false. Truth value: every statement has a truth value (either true or false) Logic: the study of reasoning/proof/evidence, the impact of accepting a point is that you are willing to act that it is true, asses the quality of the evidence. Inference: the reasoning process expressed by an argument. Proposition: the information content or meaning of a statement, the door is closed. Sentence with truth value (it is either true or false) The door is open statement, a statement that might be true. *question: close the door now *command, please close the door *request, lets close the door *proposal. Arguments contain premise in support of a conclusion: we should boycott that company.
